A review by rebeccarjallen
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It by Janina Ramírez

funny informative reflective slow-paced

3.0

As non-fiction texts go, this was an incredibly accessible and readable book. I have so much time for books of this kind, that are informative and engaging, but don't insist on being snobby about overly academic language. In a book that is invested in furthering our understanding, and challenging long-held stereotypes of a specific period of time, it would have been counter-intuitive to limit its audience by over-complicated its communication. I particularly enjoyed the chapters relating to Hildegard of Bingen and Margery Kempe, though that is almost entirely because of my own pre-concieved interest in them!