1066 - And the Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry (Hardcover)

The Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered in the late 11th century. As an artefact, it is priceless, incomparable - nothing of its delicacy, texture, let alone wit, survives from the period. As a pictorial story it is delightful: the first feature-length cartoon. As history it is essential: it represents the moment of Britain's last conquest by a foreign army and celebrates the Norman victory over the blinded Saxon Harold. Or does it ?;In this piece of detective interpretation, Andrew Bridgeford looks at the narrative contained within the tapestry and has discoverd a wealth of new information. Who commissioned it? Who made it? Who is the singular dwarf named as Turold? Why, in a work that celebrates a Norman conquest is the defeated Harold treated so nobly? Is Harold indeed the victim of the arrow from the sky? And who is the figure depicted in the tapestry who, at the moment of crisis for the Normans rallies the army just at the point when it mistakenly believes William is dead and it will be defeated? Using the tapestry, the book retells the story of the remaking of England in and after 1066.

General

Imprint:	HarperCollinsPublishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2004
Authors:	Andrew Bridgeford
Dimensions:	227 x 159mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	320
ISBN-13:	978-1-84115-040-6
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Books > Humanities > History > British & Irish history > 1000 to 1500 Books > History > British & Irish history > 1000 to 1500 Books > History > Theory & methods > Historiography Promotions
LSN:	1-84115-040-1
Barcode:	9781841150406

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