Religious attitudes

Canterbury stained glass
Stained glass panel, Canterbury cathedral
Photo © S. Alsford

In this scene from one of the Miracle Windows in Canterbury cathedral, a bishop or archbishop (judging from the mitre) officiates at a funeral.

York stained glass
Stained glass panel, York Minster
Photo © S. Alsford

In this scene from the St. William Window (ca.1422), aristocrats John Roos (killed fighting in France in 1421) and his young wife Margery le Despenser are seen at their devotions.

Carved bench end
Carved end of a church bench, Flemish
Photo © S. Alsford

This carving represents a carpenter being rebuked by St. Dunstan for working on a Sunday

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