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The Canterbury Tales’ most famous pilgrim is contextualised in a bawdy celebration of medieval womanhood
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The Canterbury Tales’ most famous pilgrim is contextualised in a bawdy celebration of medieval womanhood
Hidden messages and tongue-in-cheek depictions were widespread throughout medieval churches. But was the medieval world simply rife with satire or did these etchings and carvings hold deeper meanings? Here, Dr Emma J Wells from the University of York explores seven of the most curious examples