Abstract: Abstract Graffiti in medieval and early modern religious spaces: illicit or accepted practice? The case of the sacro monte at Varallo Leaving one’s personal mark at a site of cult is an age-old practice attested in several religions, including Christianity from its earliest phases onwards. This article asks to what degree scratching graffiti into church walls was accepted behaviour in Western Europe during the medieval and early modern period. It seeks to complicate the view that disapproval of graffiti is a predominantly modern sentiment, by...
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