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A History of the World in 100 Objects

Meeting The Gods (1200 - 1400 AD)

Holy Thorn Reliquary

Duration: 14 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Neil MacGregor's world history explores ways of expressing the divine in the 14th and 15th centuries. Today - a famous Christian reliquary made to house a sacred thorn. Show more

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