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Medieval stained glass windows depicting biblical scenes were primarily designed to educate which group of churchgoers?
Answer
Illiterate congregants
Since reading was uncommon among ordinary medieval people, church leaders used vivid stained glass imagery of biblical events to teach religious stories to the illiterate majority attending Mass.
💡 Did you know?
Stained glass windows in medieval cathedrals served as illustrated Bibles for illiterate congregations, making them the original visual media for mass communication.
Other options people guess
- Traveling merchants
- Visiting foreign dignitaries
- Trained theologians
Topics
- stained-glass
- medieval
- cathedrals
- church-history
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