An Archaeological Study Of The Bayeux Tapestry

Author : Trevor Rowley
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473874473

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An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry by Trevor Rowley Pdf

An analysis of the famed medieval English tapestry through examination of the depicted landscapes, towns, castles, and other structures. An Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry provides a unique re-examination of this famous piece of work through the historical geography and archaeology of the tapestry. Trevor Rowley is the first author to have analyzed the tapestry through the landscapes, buildings and structures shown, such as towns and castles, while comparing them to the landscapes, buildings, ruins and earthworks which can be seen today. By comparing illustrated extracts from the tapestry to historical and contemporary illustrations, maps and reconstructions Rowley is able to provide the reader with a unique visual setting against which they are able to place the events on the tapestry. This approach allows Rowley to challenge a number of generally accepted assumptions regarding the location of several scenes in the tapestry, most controversially suggesting that William may never have gone to Hastings at all. Finally, Rowley tackles the missing end of the tapestry, suggesting the places and events which would have been depicted on this portion of William’s journey to Westminster. Praise forAn Archaeological Study of the Bayeux Tapestry “We all know what the Bayeux Tapestry celebrates in its iconic artwork, but Trevor Rowley goes one step further and looks at the buildings and characters with a view actually identifying them! Absolutely fascinating, brings a whole new dimension to the study of this amazing artefact.” —Books Monthly “Rowley’s arguments are copiously illustrated with details from the tapestry, photographs and plans. It results in very densely packed chapters well worth reading, and you certainly will never look at that tea towel in the same way again.” —Hexham Local History Society

Author : J. Collingwood Bruce
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-05-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547016632

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The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated by J. Collingwood Bruce Pdf

The Bayeux Tapestry Elucidated is a book by J. Collingwood Bruce. The Bayeux Tapestry is an embellished cloth that portrays the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England.

Author : Michael John Lewis
Publisher : BAR British Series
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015063087566

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The Archaeological Authority of the Bayeux Tapestry by Michael John Lewis Pdf

The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which artefacts depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry reflect those of the contemporary world of the eleventh century, comparing them with archaeological evidence on the one hand and with early medieval artistic tradition on the other.

Author : Carola Hicks
Publisher : Random House
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011-07-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781407065885

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The Bayeux Tapestry by Carola Hicks Pdf

The vivid scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It is one of Europe's greatest treasures and its own story is full of drama and surprise. Who commissioned the tapestry? Was it Bishop Odo, William's ruthless half-brother? Or Harold's dynamic sister Edith, juggling for a place in the new court? Hicks shows us this world and the miracle of the tapestry's making: the stitches, dyes and strange details in the margins. For centuries it lay ignored in Bayeux cathedral until its 'discovery' in the eighteenth century. It became a symbol of power as well as art: townsfolk saved it during the French Revolution; Napoleon displayed it to promote his own conquest; the Nazis strove to make it their own; and its influence endures today. This marvellous book, packed with thrilling stories, shows how we remake history in every age and how a great work of art has a life of its own.

Author : Richard Gameson
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 0851156649

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The Study of the Bayeux Tapestry by Richard Gameson Pdf

Key articles on the Bayeux tapestry collected in one volume, providing a comprehensive companion to its study.

Author : Lucien Musset
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 1843831635

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The Bayeux Tapestry by Lucien Musset Pdf

The story of the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered strip of linen telling the story of the events starting in 1064 that led up to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman Conquest of England in 1066

Author : Arthur Colin Wright
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-30
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781526741110

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Decoding the Bayeux Tapestry by Arthur Colin Wright Pdf

For the first time, a scholar reveals the meaning of the marginal images on the Bayeux Tapestry, unlocking a completely new meaning of the work. The story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry is arguably the most widely-known in the panoply of English history, and over the last 200 years there have been hundreds of books on the Tapestry seeking to analyze its meanings. Yet, there is one aspect of the embroidery that has been virtually ignored or dismissed as unimportant by historians—the details in the margins. The fables shown in the margins are neither just part of a decorative ribbon, nor are they discontinuous. They follow on in sequence. When this is understood, it becomes clear that they must relate to the action shown on the body of the Tapestry. After careful examination, the purpose of these images is to amplify, elaborate, or explain the main story. In this groundbreaking study, Arthur Wright reveals the significance of the images in the margins. Now it is possible to see the “whole” story as never before, enabling a more complete picture of the Bayeux Tapestry to be constructed. Wright reexamines many of the scenes in the main body of the work, showing that a number of the basic assumptions, so often taught as facts, have been based on nothing more than reasoned conjecture. It might be thought that after so much has been written about the Bayeux Tapestry there was nothing more to be said, but Decoding the Bayeux Tapestry shows how much there is still to be learned.

Author : Ian H. Goodall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 887 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351192255

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Ironwork in Medieval Britain: An Archaeological Study: v. 31 by Ian H. Goodall Pdf

"This monograph is the definitive survey of iron tools and other fittings in use during the period c1066 to 1540AD. Exceptional in a north-western European context for its range and coverage of artefacts from both rural and urban excavations, much of the material described here was recovered during 'rescue' projects in the 1960s and 1970s funded by the State through the Ministry of Public Works and Buildings and their successors. The text contains almost everything necessary to identify, date and understand medieval iron objects. In scope and detail there is still no published parallel and, as such, it will be essential for almost any archaeologist working in later medieval archaeology, particularly in the fields of excavation, finds study, museums and research."

Author : Dawn M Hadley,Christopher Dyer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315312927

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The Archaeology of the 11th Century by Dawn M Hadley,Christopher Dyer Pdf

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- List of plates -- List of figures -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 The Norman Conquest and its impact on late Anglo-Saxon towns -- CHAPTER 3 The Norman Conquest and its influences on urban landscapes -- CHAPTER 4 Conquest, colonisation and the countryside: archaeology and the mid-11th- to mid-12th-century rural landscape -- CHAPTER 5 Manorial farmsteads and the expression of lordship before and after the Norman Conquest -- CHAPTER 6 Anglo-Saxon towers of lordship and the origins of the castle in England -- CHAPTER 7 Scars on the townscape: urban castles in Saxo-Norman England -- CHAPTER 8 Seeking 'Norman burials': evidence for continuity and change in funerary practice following the Norman Conquest -- CHAPTER 9 Charity and conquest: leprosaria in early Norman England -- CHAPTER 10 Archaeology and archiepiscopal reform: greater churches in York diocese in the 11th century -- CHAPTER 11 Rewriting the narrative: regional dimensions of the Norman Conquest -- CHAPTER 12 The Bayeux Tapestry: window to a world of continuity and change -- CHAPTER 13 Cuisine and conquest: interdisciplinary perspectives on food, continuity and change in 11th-century England and beyond -- CHAPTER 14 Tradition and innovation: lead-alloy brooches and urban identities in the 11th century -- CHAPTER 15 History, archaeology and the Norman Conquest -- Index

Author : Trevor Rowley
Publisher : Pen and Sword Archaeology
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526724311

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Landscapes of the Norman Conquest by Trevor Rowley Pdf

For a long time, the Norman Conquest has been viewed as a turning point in English history; an event which transformed English identity, sovereignty, kingship, and culture. The years between 1066 and 1086 saw the largest transfer of property ever seen in English History, comparable in scale, if not greater, than the revolutions in France in 1789 and Russia in 1917. This transfer and the means to achieve it had a profound effect upon the English and Welsh landscape, an impact that is clearly visible almost 1,000 years afterwards. Although there have been numerous books examining different aspects of the British landscape, this is the first to look specifically at the way in which the Normans shaped our towns and countryside. The castles, abbeys, churches and cathedrals built in the new Norman Romanesque style after 1066 represent the most obvious legacy of what was effectively a colonial take-over of England. Such phenomena furnished a broader landscape that was fashioned to intimidate and demonstrate the Norman dominance of towns and villages. The devastation that followed the Conquest, characterised by the ‘Harrying of the North’, had a long-term impact in the form of new planned settlements and agriculture. The imposition of Forest Laws, restricting hunting to the Norman king and the establishment of a military landscape in areas such as the Welsh Marches, had a similar impact on the countryside.

Author : Miro Roman,Alice _ch3n81
Publisher : Birkhäuser
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-06
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9783035624052

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Play Among Books by Miro Roman,Alice _ch3n81 Pdf

How does coding change the way we think about architecture? This question opens up an important research perspective. In this book, Miro Roman and his AI Alice_ch3n81 develop a playful scenario in which they propose coding as the new literacy of information. They convey knowledge in the form of a project model that links the fields of architecture and information through two interwoven narrative strands in an “infinite flow” of real books. Focusing on the intersection of information technology and architectural formulation, the authors create an evolving intellectual reflection on digital architecture and computer science.

Author : Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 1843831244

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King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry by Gale R. Owen-Crocker Pdf

Harold II is chiefly remembered today, perhaps unfairly, for the brevity of his reign and his death at the Battle of Hastings. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on the man and his milieu before and after that climax. They explore the long career and the dynastic network behind Harold Godwinesson's accession on the death of King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, looking in particular at the important questions as to whether Harold's kingship was opportunist or long-planned; a usurpation or a legitimate succession in terms of his Anglo-Scandinavian kinships? They also examine the posthumous legends that Harold survived Hastings and lived on as a religious recluse. The essays in the second part of the volume focus on the Bayeux Tapestry, bringing out the small details which would have resonated significantly for contemporary audiences, both Norman and English, to suggest how they judged Harold and the other players in the succession drama of 1066. Other aspects of the Tapestry are also covered: the possible patron and locations the Tapestry was produced for; where and how it was designed; and the various sources - artistic and real - employed by the artist.GALE OWEN-CROCKER is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester.

Author : David Musgrove,Michael Lewis
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-04-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500776582

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The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry: Unraveling the Norman Conquest by David Musgrove,Michael Lewis Pdf

The definitive and fully illustrated guide to the Bayeux Tapestry. The full history of the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the story of the tapestry itself. Most people know that the Bayeux Tapestry depicts the moment when the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson, was defeated at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 by his Norman adversary William the Conqueror. However, there is much more to this historic treasure than merely illustrating the outcome of this famous battle. Full of intrigue and violence, the tapestry depicts everything from eleventh-century political and social life—including the political machinations on both sides of the English Channel in the years leading up to the Norman Conquest—to the clash of swords and stamp of hooves on the battle field. Drawing on the latest historical and scientific research, authors David Musgrove and Michael Lewis have written the definitive book on the Bayeux Tapestry, taking readers through its narrative, detailing the life of the tapestry in the centuries that followed its creation, explaining how it got its name, and even offering a new possibility that neither Harold nor William were the true intended king of England. Featuring stunning, full- color photographs throughout, The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry explores the complete tale behind this medieval treasure that continues to amaze nearly one thousand years after its creation.

Author : John Collingwood Bruce
Publisher : Barnes & Noble Imports
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Bayeux tapestry
ISBN : 0880291532

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The Bayeux Tapestry by John Collingwood Bruce Pdf

Author : John F. Szabo,Nicholas E. Kuefler
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781442251564

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The Bayeux Tapestry by John F. Szabo,Nicholas E. Kuefler Pdf

With over 1780 entries, Szabo and Kuefler offer the largest and most heavily annotated bibliography on the Tapestry ever written.