Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written out of it
Dr Janina Ramirez
Janina Ramirez is an Oxford lecturer, BBC broadcaster, researcher and author. She has presented and written over 30 hours of BBC history documentaries and series on TV and radio and written five books for children and adults.
About the event
The Middle Ages are often perceived as being a bloodthirsty time of Warriors, Saints and Kings: a patriarchal society that oppressed and excluded women. By digging beneath the surface and delving into the truth of our past, Dr Ramirez reveals that the ‘dark’ ages were actually anything but. In her lecture she re-examines some extraordinary women like Hildegard of Bingen, casts a new light on over-written females like Aethelflaed and King Jadwiga, and uses recent discoveries to find lost individuals like the Loftus Princess and the Birka Warrior Woman, as she uncovers the incredible impacts these women had on society.