Medieval relic hunters: the quest for Notre-Dame's crown of thorns

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🗓️ 13 December 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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The crown of thorns was one of the greatest medieval relics, supposedly pressed into the head of Jesus Christ by mocking Roman soldiers. Hunted down by an intrepid pair of Dominican friars, it was brought to Paris by French king Louis IX in the 13th century, and paraded through the streets. As the relic returns to its home in the rebuilt Notre Dame cathedral this week, Emily Guerry speaks to David Musgrove about the fabulous ceremony that marked its first arrival in the city, and reveals how it was almost destroyed by fire in 2019. The HistoryExtra podcast is produced by the team behind BBC History Magazine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:50.3	Five years ago in April 2019, the Holy Crown of Thorns was heroically saved from destruction
0:58.1	in the Notre Dame fire in Paris. Following the cathedral's recent reopening, the religious relic
1:04.6	is set to return there in a special ceremony today. So for this episode, Emily Gehry tells
1:10.8	David Musgrove the remarkable story of how
1:13.9	the Crown of Thorns was brought to Paris in the first place, in the 13th century by King Louis
1:19.9	the 9th. Its arrival was accompanied by a fabulous procession in probably the greatest
1:26.0	unboxing episode that history has ever seen.
1:29.9	Can you kick us off by just telling us a little bit about the Crown of Thorns in the biblical
1:34.6	story? What's the backstory here? Yes, well, the Crown of Thorns might be familiar to anyone
1:39.6	who looks at pictures of Christ and knows his passion. And out of the four gospels, three of the authors
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