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Author Pastan, Elizabeth Carson, 1955-

Title The Bayeux tapestry and its contexts : a reassessment / Elizabeth Carson Pastan and Stephen D. White with Kate Gilbert
Published Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxvi, 415 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents 1. The Material Context of the Bayeux Embroidery: Manufacture, Display, and Literary References -- 2. Is the Bayeux Embroidery a Record of Events? -- 3. Imagined Patronage -- 4. The Prosopography of the Bayeux Embroidery and the Community of St Augustine's, Canterbury -- 5. Locating Harold's Oath and Tracing His Itinerary -- 6. Bishop Odo at the Banquet -- 7. The Fables in the Borders -- 8. Representing Architecture -- 9. Legal Ceremonies and the Question of Legitimacy -- 10. The Fall of the English -- 11. Quid faciat ... Scollandus? The Abbey Church of St Augustine's, c. 1073-1100
Summary "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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Bayeux tapestry. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004022224
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Subject Embroidery, Medieval -- France -- Bayeux
DESIGN -- Textile & Costume.
ART -- History -- General.
Great Britain -- History -- William I, 1066-1087 -- Sources
Form Electronic book
Author White, Stephen D., 1945-
Gilbert, Kate
ISBN 9781782043898
1782043896