Thurkill’s Excellent Adventure: A Medieval English Peasant’s Tour of Hell

(Host: Kristin)

Hundreds of years before Dante took us on a tour through the afterlife, there was Thurkill, an English peasant from the 13th century, who described his journey into hell and the edge of paradise. What was it like and what can we learn from his story? Come on a vision quest with Kristin, in this episode of Footnoting History! 

 

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