A review by nell71
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages by Janina Ramírez

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

3.0

Great book, pity about the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Torture, Sexism, Murder, and Forced institutionalization

After an interesting read about medieval women's achievements, the book suddenly brings in gender politics and suggests perhaps the women didn't identify as women... Thus undoing the point of the book which presumably was to celebrate women's history.