The medieval church of St. Mary’s in the town of Fairford is notable for the menagerie of nightmarish demons that lurk among more conventional religious imagery in the stained glass windows. Goggle-eyed demons pout, cackle, drool, gnash their teeth, and loll their bloodthirsty tongues from fanged maws while wielding clubs and bladed weapons with menacing intent. In a number of the central window panes, red and blue-skinned apparitions are depicted gleefully swinging spiked maces or merrily poking tridents towards the naked bodies of condemned humans, who run shrieking from their…
