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Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It

byJanina Ramirez

Janina Ramirez reconstructs the Middle Ages through women whose lives were minimized, misidentified, or erased from traditional histories. Archaeology, manuscripts, art, burial evidence, and new technology recover rulers, warriors, writers, artisans, religious figures, and ordinary people across Europe and beyond. Their stories challenge familiar assumptions about gender, power, learning, sexuality, and cultural exchange. Ramirez also examines how later scholars helped write these women out of the record. The book presents medieval history as a changing field in which asking different questions can transform what survives and who is allowed to matter.

Publisher

Harlequin Enterprises ULC

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

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ISBN

9781335498526