Storyline

This animated short challenges enduring myths, spawned by fairy tales and romances, about women in medieval society. It explores the differences and similarities between that distant period and our own, and shows what medieval women’s lives were really like.

Key Information

Director Ellen Besen
Writers Wendy Lill, Gloria Demers
Studio ONF | NFB
Language EN

Cast & Crew

Margaret Pacsu

Narrator

Frequently Asked Questions

Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages was released on July 4, 1989.

The runtime of Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages is 5m.

Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages is a History, Animation, Documentary movie.

Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages is available to watch. Check streaming platforms and theaters near you.

Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages was directed by Ellen Besen.

The main cast of Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages includes Margaret Pacsu.

Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages is originally in English.