Humor of the Middle Ages. You would ban it today. | Mikhail Maizuls | TEDxMoscow

Historian Mikhail Maizuls explores Middle Ages religions and superstitions along with images of demons and sinners. Having compared the pungency of the press now and then he proves that the free speech on religion has dropped dramatically over the last few centuries. Historian, medievalist, co-author of the books “Demons and sinners in old Russian iconography: semiotics of the image” and “The anatomy of hell. The guidebook for old Russian visual demonology”. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED