Medieval Women on Film

<p> In this first ever book-length treatment 11 scholars with a variety of backgrounds in medieval studies film studies and medievalism discuss how historical and fictional medieval women have been portrayed on film and their connections to the feminist movements of the 20th and 21st centuries. From detailed studies of the portrayal of female desire and sexuality to explorations of how and when these women gain agency these essays look at the different ways these women reinforce defy and complicate traditional gender roles.</p><p> Individual essays discuss the complex and sometimes conflicting cinematic treatments of Guinevere Morgan Le Fay Isolde Maid Marian Lady Godiva Heloise Eleanor of Aquitaine and Joan of Arc. Additional essays discuss the women in Fritz Lang's <I>The Nibelungen</I> Liv Ullmann's <I>Kristin Lavransdatter</I> and Bertrand Tavernier's <I>La Passion Beatrice</I>.</p>