It is tempting to think of cathedrals simply as places of worship, but theire civic function was as a place of sanctuary. People who had committed a ‘great offence’, for example killing in self defence or escaping from prison, could clame sanctuary within the cathedral for 37 days. after which they either had to [...]
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Sanctuary Knocker – Durham Cathedral
18 Comments CherryPie on Oct 16th 2013
