Death becomes him and herβ¦
Morbid curiosity was ubiquitous in the Middle Ages.
Hello, my lovely Ecclesiasticals!
Bear with me this week as Iβve got another busy one: Iβm leading two study days for Andante but that means gorgeous pics of Durham and Ripon cathedrals are on their way !
I thought Iβd continue the deathly theme. Death, or the afterlife, was an integral aspect of the medieval church, even the medieval world, in fact. Why? Well, what we did on Earth was believed to have a weighty bearing on what happened when we left. And so, the medieval populous did all they could to ensure they got to the βrightβ place (well, left technically), and as swiftly as possible, post-mortem. Letβs find out howβ¦
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