عنوان

1066 :

0802714501

0802777422

9780802714503

9780802777423

b524468

1066 :

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the hidden history in the Bayeux Tapestry /

Andrew Bridgeford.

New York :

Walker,

2005.

viii, 354 pages :

color illustrations ;

23 cm

Library binding.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index.

Map of Northern France and England. -- Genealogical charts: England. -- Genealogical charts: Normandy. -- Genealogical charts: Charlemagne/Boulogne/Jerusalem. -- Genealogical charts: Ponthieu. -- In search of the Bayeux Tapestry. -- A tale of consequence: the impact of conquest. -- Sources. -- Stitches in time. -- The strange journey of Harold Godwinson. -- The fox and the crow. -- The English decision. -- Invasion. -- The Battle of Hastings. -- English art and embroidery. -- A connection with Bishop Odo of Bayeux. -- The Bayeux Tapestry and the Babylonian conquest of the Jews. -- The tanner's grandsons. -- The scion of Charlemagne. -- Count Eustace and the death of King Harold. -- Eustace and the attack on Dover. -- The downfall of Bishop Odo. -- Turold the dwarf. -- The scandal of lfgyva. -- Wadard and Vital. -- Bayeux Cathedral and the mystery of survival. -- The patronage of the Bayeux Tapestry.

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Presents a new reading of the Bayeux Tapestry, which describes the events of 1066, and reveals the story of the survival of early medieval Europe's greatest treasure.

Bayeux tapestry.

Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art.

Symbolism in art.

Great Britain, History, William I, 1066-1087, Historiography.

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Bridgeford, Andrew.

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