Elizabeth Carson Pastan, Stephen R Reimer, Kate Gilbert

The Bayeux Tapestry and Its Contexts

A Reassessment

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A full and provocative reappraisal of the Bayeux "Tapestry", its origins, design and patronage.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 476
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. November 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 175mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1356g
• ISBN-13: 9781843839415
• ISBN-10: 1843839415
• Artikelnr.: 40584968

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Carson Pastan, Stephen D. White, Kate Gilbert

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction The Material Context of the Bayeux Embroidery: Manufacture,
Display, and Literary References Is the Bayeux Embroidery a Record of
Events? Imagined Patronage The Prosopography of the Bayeux Embroidery and
the Community of St Augustine's, Canterbury Locating Harold's Oath and
Tracing His Itinerary Bishop Odo at the Banquet The Fables in the Borders
Representing Architecture Legal Ceremonies and the Question of Legitimacy
The Fall of the English Quid faciat . Scollandus? The Abbey Church of St
Augustine's, c. 1073-1100 Conclusion Select Bibliography