SearchThere is also a Journals search index in the Members Area.Currently displaying: 1 result. Clear the searchYou've searched for:tags: "English Churches" xCategories: "Past Talks & Meetings" x Search term Sort by: RelevanceTitleOldestNewest Murder Sex and Mayhem in English Churches On Monday 11 September 2023 over Zoom: John will take us beyong the peace and serenity offered by our parish churches and look at some of the countless images of Murder, Sex and Mayhem that he has come across in his travels. From medieval murals and stained glass depict the martyrdom of saints from home and abroad, and the grisliest of dooms. At a lower level may be found misericords showing whippings, wife beatings, and brawls. Finally there are many monuments and memorials that show scenes of murder and mayhem in goodly measure including stagecoach crashes, bridge collapses, falling trees, falling bridges, falling chimneys, shootings, stabbings, mine collapses, shipwrecks and explosions.