Lectures For Lifelong Learners!

This presentation examines the role of art in the rise and spread of the cult of St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne – one of the largest groupings of saints in the European Middle Ages. Surveying the relics, reliquary images, and altarpieces related to this saintly veneration, this talk sheds light on the functioning of art in Medieval Europe.