King Harold Ii And The Bayeux Tapestry

Author : Gale R. Owen-Crocker
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781843836155

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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.

Author : David Musgrove,Michael Lewis
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 52,6 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 : David Musgrove,Michael Lewis
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780500776575

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The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry by David Musgrove,Michael Lewis Pdf

Political intrigue and treachery, heroism and brutal violence, victory and defeat all this is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, an epic account of one of the pivotal episodes in English history embroidered on a strip of linen. Famously, it shows the stricken Anglo-Saxon king Harold dying on the battlefield of Hastings in 1066 amid a shower of arrows, as axes clash, spears fly and fallen warriors are trampled beneath charging hooves. However, there is much more to this remarkable historical and artistic treasure, which tells its tale with an intensity and immediacy that speak to our modern world, almost 1,000 years after its creation. Many mysteries and questions still surround this unique embroidery and not all is as it might appear at first glance. Who made it, when, why, where and what for? David Musgrove and Michael Lewis skilfully lead us through the full story of the Tapestry and the history it relates, providing illuminating insight into a world of fascinating details that might otherwise be overlooked or their significance missed. They set the events in the context of the machinations on either side of the English Channel in the years leading up to the Norman Conquest, and tease out what the Tapestry tells us of the deeds of kings as well as aspects of everyday life in medieval Europe. A complete and accessible up-to-date account, illustrated throughout in colour with new photography, this is the definitive guide to the Bayeux Tapestry and its legacy, exploring the rich narrative behind its stitches and the turbulent times in which it was created.

Author : Andrew Bridgeford
Publisher : 4th Estate, Limited
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015058834329

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1066 by Andrew Bridgeford Pdf

This text presents a new reading of the Bayeux tapestry that radically alters our understanding of the events of 1066 and reveals the astonishing story of early Medieval Europe's greatest treasure.

Author : R. Howard Bloch
Publisher : Random House
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307497017

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A Needle in the Right Hand of God by R. Howard Bloch Pdf

The Bayeux Tapestry is the world’s most famous textile–an exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of history’s most mysterious and compelling works of art. This haunting stitched account of the battle that redrew the map of medieval Europe has inspired dreams of theft, waves of nationalism, visions of limitless power, and esthetic rapture. In his fascinating new book, Yale professor R. Howard Bloch reveals the history, the hidden meaning, the deep beauty, and the enduring allure of this astonishing piece of cloth. Bloch opens with a gripping account of the event that inspired the Tapestry: the swift, bloody Battle of Hastings, in which the Norman bastard William defeated the Anglo-Saxon king, Harold, and laid claim to England under his new title, William the Conqueror. But to truly understand the connection between battle and embroidery, one must retrace the web of international intrigue and scandal that climaxed at Hastings. Bloch demonstrates how, with astonishing intimacy and immediacy, the artisans who fashioned this work of textile art brought to life a moment that changed the course of British culture and history. Every age has cherished the Tapestry for different reasons and read new meaning into its enigmatic words and images. French nationalists in the mid-nineteenth century, fired by Tapestry’s evocation of military glory, unearthed the lost French epic “The Song of Roland,” which Norman troops sang as they marched to victory in 1066. As the Nazis tightened their grip on Europe, Hitler sent a team to France to study the Tapestry, decode its Nordic elements, and, at the end of the war, with Paris under siege, bring the precious cloth to Berlin. The richest horde of buried Anglo-Saxon treasure, the matchless beauty of Byzantine silk, Aesop’s strange fable “The Swallow and the Linseed,” the colony that Anglo-Saxon nobles founded in the Middle East following their defeat at Hastings–all are brilliantly woven into Bloch’s riveting narrative. Seamlessly integrating Norman, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, and Byzantine elements, the Bayeux Tapestry ranks with Chartres and the Tower of London as a crowning achievement of medieval Europe. And yet, more than a work of art, the Tapestry served as the suture that bound up the wounds of 1066. Enhanced by a stunning full-color insert that includes reproductions of the complete Tapestry, A Needle in the Right Hand of God will stand with The Professor and the Madman and How the Irish Saved Civilization as a triumph of popular history.

Author : Frank Rede Fowke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Bayeux tapestry
ISBN : NYPL:33433081870952

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The Bayeux Tapestry by Frank Rede Fowke Pdf

Author : Eric Robert Dalrymple Maclagan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Bayeux tapestry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004958281

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The Bayeux Tapestry by Eric Robert Dalrymple Maclagan Pdf

Author : Norman Denny,Josephine Filmer-Sankey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Bayeux tapestry
ISBN : UOM:39015014587250

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The Bayeux Tapestry by Norman Denny,Josephine Filmer-Sankey Pdf

The 230 foot long Bayeux tapestry portrays the conflict between Harold of England and William of Normandy in the Battle of Hastings. The entire tapestry is reproduced with an accompanying text explaining the scenes and their background.

Author : Mogens Rud
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Art, Medieval
ISBN : STANFORD:36105034147699

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The Bayeux Tapestry and the Battle of Hastings 1066 by Mogens Rud Pdf

Author : Lucien Musset
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,7 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 : Francis Birrell
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547091752

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Guide to the Bayeux tapestry by Francis Birrell Pdf

In the Guide to the Bayeux Tapestry, you will enjoy reading about analyses of the Norman Conquest and its great involvement with the English and French people. The 1066 Norman Conquest of England was led by William, Duke of Normandy challenging Harold II, King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. Contents: The Scenes Described, History of the Tapestry, cont.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 0500251223

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The Bayeux Tapestry by Anonim Pdf

One of the most unique objects in the world, the Bayeux Tapestry, which depicts the invasion of England by William the Conqueror on a single length of linen, is reproduced here in full color, with annotations explaining the incredible details it contains.

Author : John Malam
Publisher : Cherrytree Books
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 1842344048

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The Battle of Hastings by John Malam Pdf

One of a series of titles for students at Key Stages 2 and 3 which analyze key dates and events in history.

Author : Carola Hicks
Publisher : Random House
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 44,6 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 : Peter Rex
Publisher : Tempus Pub Limited
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0752435299

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Harold II by Peter Rex Pdf

Harold Godwinson was king of England for less than a year and failed to defend England from William the Conqueror's invading Norman army in 1066, an army that wreaked havoc across the country and changed the political history of England forever. Indeed, 1066 was so critical a turning point that it marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon epoch. Harold II: The Doomed Saxon King is the first full-scale biography of England's "lost king," an astute political operator who as Earl of Wessex won the affection of the English people, and the death-bed nomination from Edward the Confessor to succeed him. The Battle of Hasting was a close-run battle that could have gone either way—England would be a very different place today had the fatal arrow missed Harold's eye.