Publication

2014 - Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated

Language

English

Word Count

119,000 words, Guess

Page Count

476 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139781843839415
  • ISBN-101843839415
  • Library of Congress Control Number2015430311
  • OCLC Control Number873763616
  • Better World Books9781843839415
and 1 more

Classifications

  • LCCNK3049.B3P37 2014
  • LCCNK3049.B3 P37 2014

Description

"Aspects of the Bayeux Tapestry (in fact an embroidered hanging) have always remained mysterious, despite much scholarly investigation, not least its design and patron. Here, in the first full-length interdisciplinary approach to the subject, the authors (an art historian and a historian) consider these and other issues. Rejecting the prevalent view that it was commissioned by Odo, the bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of William the Conqueror, or by some other comparable patron, they bring new evidence to bear on the question of its relationship to the abbey of St Augustine's, Canterbury. From the study of art-historical, archeological, literary, historical and documentary materials, they conclude that the monks of St Augustine's designed the hanging for display in their abbey church to tell their own story of how England was invaded and conquered in 1066"--Publisher's description.

Subjects

Topics

21.86HistoryHistoriaBildvävnaderHistoriographyBayeux-tapetenBayeux-Teppich

Other Editions

  • Bayeux Tapestry and Its Contexts: A ReassessmentBoydell & Brewer, Incorporated2014-01-01

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