Kitap Tanıtımı: Janina Ramirez, Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It, London: Penguin Books, 2022

The general impression of the Middle Ages in contemporary popular culture reflects notions of limited social development with people fixed into a rigid social hierarchy. Academic historian and BBC presenter Janina Ramirez questions this perception of medieval society. In her book Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages, Through the Women Written Out of It (2022), she asks the reader to re-imagine a medieval world in which extraordinary women proved themselves accomplished leaders, diplomats, religious decision-makers, adventurers, entrepreneurs, artists, patrons, mystics, movers and shakers, warriors, polymaths, and scientists.