Death

Remember you must die (Giovanna Thomas)

Posted on 2 November 2024 by Jan Machielsen

Today – on All Souls’s Day – Giovanna Thomas takes us through a virtual exhibition on the medieval reminder of Memento mori (Remember that you must die). Introduction It is often thought that the late medieval and early modern preoccupation with the macabre resulted from the constant presence of death and disease that people endured
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