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Femina
Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages | Janina Ramirez
Extraordinary women have held positions of power throughout history. But, aside from the select few, why do we not hear about them? The middle ages are seen as a bloodthirsty time of Vikings, Saints and Kings: a patriarchal society that oppressed and excluded women. But by digging a little deeper into the truth, drawing on evidence from all disciplines, we can see that the 'dark' ages were anything but. BBC historian Janina Ramirez has uncovered countless influential women's names struck out of historical records, with the word FEMINA annotated beside them. Male gatekeepers of the past ordered books to be burnt, artworks to be destroyed, and new versions of myths, legends and historical documents to be produced, which has manipulated our view of history. By weaving a vivid and evocative picture of the lives of the women who influenced their society, we discover not just why these remarkable individuals were removed from our collective memories, but also how many other misconceptions underpin our historical narratives, altering the course of history, upholding the oppressive masculine structures of their present, and affecting our contemporary view of the past.
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kspenmoll
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This book.
My morning reading. #coffeeandbooks

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How many times in history did this happen? According to to the author, beginning with Reformation, libraries were decimated by varying religious groups, with the intention of burning “controversial texts.” There are lists of these books.available today.“ Femina” was the category that destroyed female texts were cataloged under. I am reading the into- so much to digest on every page!

TheBookHippie Well. I need to read this apparently. 😵‍💫 and yes, why do you think conservatives are constantly trying to dummy down and remove books from public schools? So they can control the population. 7mo
GingerAntics I think this author needs to do her homework. The library at Alexandria was destroyed, and with it almost all the scrolls (the equivalent of roughing 100,000 books), in 48 BCE by rioting Christians who wanted to destroy the pagan knowledge. 7mo
GingerAntics The books that were rescued from the Library of Alexandria were housed in the library of the Temple of Serapis. It was known as the “daughter” library to the Library of Alexandria because it was created to house those rescued scrolls and added many others until it was destroyed in 391 CE by the Roman emperor in an attempt to eradicate pagan study and worship to establish Christianity as the sole religious and intellectual authority. (edited) 7mo
GingerAntics Christians have been doing this ever since Paul and Rome took over the christian faith. These nuts have been doing this since the beginning. Sectarian destruction of libraries (christians destroying other christians‘ books) began in during the reformation. 7mo
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1) hope to see the eclipse, but looks like it might be cloudy. on vacation the rest of the week I have no plans which is glorious.

2)coffee in the morning, water later in day.

3) I have tons of book marks which i do use, but often it‘s a found thing near me- tissue, mail, ribbon,etc.

4) current read is tagged.

Cupcake12 Thanks for joining in. Hope the sky stays clear 🤞 7mo
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The title says it all - a history of women who has been written out of it. And what I found interesting was that they were initially written in, but as time passed, they were at one point omitted. She looks at women from the 7th century until the 15th century which was a little strange for me as a Norwegian since we view the period ca 790 until ca 1066 as the Viking Age. This is a travel around Europe; England, France, Sweden and Poland.

AnneCecilie And to top it all we met a female king. The last half of this was my #DoubleSpin in August @TheAromaofBooks 13th book for #RushAThon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES And I was thinking about using this for #TheWorldIsMyOyster #TitlesandTunes proving that women can do anything @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen 1y
Cinfhen Nice! And YES THEY CAN 💪🏼 1y
BarbaraBB Great thinking 💕 1y
DieAReader 🥳🥳🤯 1y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 1y
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I have 26 books checked out at the library... I need adult supervision 🤣🤣🤣

I can also feel the books I own glaring at me 😆

MonicaLoves2Read 🤣🤣🤣 1y
TieDyeDude My books are still packed from the move, so I can't see their stares 🤪 1y
Ruthiella Just remember (and tell your books😂) that circulation is vital to keeping libraries alive. It shows the people holding the purse strings that they are a needed and valued resource. 1y
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As part of my #nonfiction reading challenge a friend loaned me a copy of this book. It's women in the middle ages and how they put their mark on history. As a history major and lover of history, I found this to be a truly absorbing read. #chunkster

kspenmoll This sounds right up my alley! Stacked 1y
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