Abstract
Memorial stained glass at a Cambridgeshire parish church displays a retributive, quasi-Deuteronomic theology of war. Consistent with contemporary ecclesiastical attitudes, martial images depict ‘apostate’ Germany in contradistinction to ‘righteous’ Britain: German cruelty contrasts with allied compassion (‘their’ weaponry, ‘our’ material and spiritual consolations). Pastoral images point to post-war peace and agricultural abundance: economic renewal and spiritual salvation for the local community of righteous parishioners, living and fallen.
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