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Femmes remarquables : une autre histoire du Moyen âge
Janina Ramirez
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- 16 Novembre 2022
- 9782080289704
Quel lien existe-t-il entre les suffragettes et Jeanne d'Arc? Les guerriers Vikings seraient-ils en réalité des guerrières? Les femmes ont occupé des postes de pouvoir tout au long de l'histoire. Mais, à part quelques rares exceptions, pourquoi n'entendons-nous pas parler d'elles?Le Moyen Âge est souvent considéré comme une période sombre, une société patriarcale qui opprimait et excluait les femmes. Janina Ramirez, historienne à la BBC, éclaire d'un jour nouveau cette époque en réhabilitant de nombreuses femmes influentes rayées des documents historiques.À travers les récits vivants et évocateurs du destin de ces femmes remarquables, ce livre révèle non seulement les raisons de leur effacement de nos mémoires collectives, mais nous invite aussi à dépasser nos idées reçues et à repenser notre vision contemporaine de l'histoire.
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''Janina Ramirez is a born storyteller, and in Femina she is at the peak of her powers. This is bravura narrative history underpinned by passionate advocacy for the women whom medieval history has too often ignored or overlooked. Femina is essential reading'' - Dan Jones, bestselling author of The Plantagenets and Powers and Thrones ''I am the fiery life of divine substance, I blaze above the beauty of the fields, I shine in the waters, I burn in sun, moon and stars'' - Hildegard of Bingen (1098 - 1179) The middle ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, saints and kings: a patriarchal society which oppressed and excluded women. But when we dig a little deeper into the truth, we can see that the ''dark'' ages were anything but. Oxford and BBC historian Janina Ramirez has uncovered countless influential women''s names struck out of historical records, with the word FEMINA annotated beside them. As gatekeepers of the past ordered books to be burnt, artworks to be destroyed, and new versions of myths, legends and historical documents to be produced, our view of history has been manipulated. Only now, through a careful examination of the artefacts, writings and possessions they left behind, are the influential and multifaceted lives of women emerging. Femina goes beyond the official records to uncover the true impact of women like Jadwiga, the only female King in Europe, Margery Kempe, who exploited her image and story to ensure her notoriety, and the Loftus Princess, whose existence gives us clues about the beginnings of Christianity in England. See the medieval world with fresh eyes and discover why these remarkable women were removed from our collective memories.
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Dr Janina Ramirez is a lecturer, BBC broadcaster, researcher and author. She has presented and written over six BBC history documentaries and series, is a regular guest on the BBC Four series '' Quizeum '' and is currently working on a number of projects including a three-part series for Radio 4. She lives in Oxfordshire with her young family.>
