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Churches: How to Read Them

Episode 3: Medieval Death

Duration: 30 minutes

on BBC Four

Richard Taylor shows how churches were designed to give medieval people a way to escape death, with their Judgement scenes, cadaver tombs and crucifixion depictions. Show more

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