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The Bayeux tapestry and its contexts : a reassessment

Title
The Bayeux tapestry and its contexts : a reassessment / Elizabeth Carson Pastan and Stephen D. White with Kate Gilbert.
Author
Pastan, Elizabeth Carson, 1955-
Publication
Woodbridge, Suffolk ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2014.

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  • White, Stephen D., 1945-
  • Gilbert, Kate
Description
xxvi, 415 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps; 25 cm
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.
Subject
  • Bayeux tapestry
  • Bayeux tapestry (Title)
  • Bayeux-Teppich
  • Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art
  • Symbolism in art
  • Great Britain > Historiography. > William I, 1066-1087
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9781843839415
  • 1843839415
LCCN
40024633091
OCLC
  • 873763616
  • ocn873763616
  • SCSB-5790080
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries