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Churches: How to Read Them
Season 1
Episode 3: Medieval Death
Sep 15, 2010
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.