Reviews

Femina: A New History of the Middle Ages by Janina Ramírez

maggz20's review against another edition

informative slow-paced

1.0

sarapocher98's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

imacintyre's review

informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

Never really recaptured the narrative fire of the introductory chapter, which was a shame. Very informative, formulaic

car0's review against another edition

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

sci_cloudy's review

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

happentobeshort's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring fast-paced

5.0

Really enjoyed this! Loved learning about all these fascinating medieval women and how complex and diverse their lives were. Challenges your preconceived notions on the agency that medieval women had, and how medieval people lived at large - humans is the same!

latika_ra's review

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

ms_gouldbourne's review

I tried really hard with this one because on the face of it the topic is right up my street! I just found the barrier for entry pretty high - I know very little about medieval history, and I needed a lot more of the content to be contextualised than it actually was. Ramirez frequently threw out comparisons and throwaway remarks that it made it clear I was supposed to understand a historical context that I just didn't know. It's a shame, because I did find it interesting, but the text meandered and I just felt lost a lot of the time.

marloureads's review against another edition

adventurous funny informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

annrhub's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.0