Janina Ramirez: Femina
Channel: British Library
Date: 2020-11-23

In this talk, Dr Janina Ramirez draws upon years of research and new discoveries to tell the story of those often excluded from our narratives of the medieval past – women. We discover how they were at the artistic forefront in the creation of illustrated texts, blazing trails as industrious business owners, leading armies into battle, politicking their way through society and writing some of the most powerful literature of the period. By taking a fresh approach that is interdisciplinary, diverse and experimental, Janina presents a vision of the medieval world with women written back in.

Dr Janina Ramirez is a cultural historian, broadcaster, and Oxford academic. She has published widely on medieval art and literature, and has taught and researched across a broad chronological sweep, covering everything from the sculptures of antiquity to post-modern architecture.