13. Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women

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Wed, 24 June

13. Poet, Mystic, Widow, Wife: The Extraordinary Lives of Medieval Women

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Hetta Howes

Eleanor Janega

Medievalist and broadcaster Hetta Howes explores what life was really like for women in the Middle Ages; from questions of sex and marriage to faith, power and independence. Through the remarkable voices of Marie de France, Julian of Norwich, Christine de Pizan and Margery Kempe, Howes reveals how women challenged misogyny and carved out space for themselves in a restrictive world. Lively, insightful and richly immersive, this talk brings us face to face with the thoughts, ambitions and inner lives of medieval women in their own words.