Churches: How to Read Them (2010)

Season 1 Episode 3

Medieval Death

0.04 / Sep / 2010•m

The medieval church cannot be understood without recognising that death was at its heart. Richard Taylor shows how churches were designed to give medieval people a way to escape death, with their Judgement scenes, cadaver tombs and graphic depictions of the crucifixion.

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