Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages
1989, English. Directed by Ellen Besen.
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.
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- 0h 5m
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- Language
- English
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- Released
- 4 July 1989
- Country
- Canada
- Written by
- Wendy Lill, Gloria Demers
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Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 July 1989. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
What movies are like Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages?
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Who directed Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages?
Illuminated Lives: A Brief History of Women's Work in the Middle Ages (1989) was directed by Ellen Besen and stars Margaret Pacsu.