The latest online issue of the
Medieval Histories website has a series of Easter-themed posts which I think may be of interest to my readers, and so I have copied and pasted the links below:
In
an unusually dramatic way, a Crucifixus Dolorosus or forked crucifix
depicts the suffering and dying Christ hung on a living tree. Read more.
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Immersion
into the corporeal horrors of the crucifixion led to a new late
medieval devotion, the contemplation of the wounds. Arnulf of Leuven led
the way Read more.
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Wienhausen,
a convent near Lüneburg has preserved a remarkable heritage of
religious art in the form of murals, sculpture, textiles and texts.
Touching the Risen Christ was the high point Read more.
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One
of the more evocative places in Prague is the Jewish churchyard and the
the oldest synagogue in Europe. In 1389 it was the scene of a terrible
pogrom. Read more.
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