Dissimilar Similitudes – Devotional Objects in Late Medieval EuropeFrom an acclaimed historian, a mesmerising account of how medieval European Christians envisioned the paradoxical nature of holy objects. Between the twelfth and the sixteenth centuries, European Christians used in worship a plethora of objects, not only prayer books, statues, and paintings but also pieces of natural materials, such as stones and earth, considered to carry holiness. They also used dolls representing Jesus and Mary, and even bits of