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The Bayeux Tapestry and Its Contexts

A Reassessment

By: Elizabeth Carson Pastan,Stephen D. White,Kate Gilbert

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The Bayeux Tapestry and Its Contexts

A Reassessment

By: Elizabeth Carson Pastan,Stephen D. White,Kate Gilbert

A full and provocative reappraisal of the Bayeux "Tapestry", its origins, design and patronage. Aspects of the Bayeux Tapestry (in fact an embroidered hanging) have always remained mysterious, despite much scholarly investigation, not least its design and patron. Here, in the first full-length interdisciplinary approach to the subject, the authors (an art historian and a historian) consider these and other issues. Rejecting the prevalent view that it was commissioned by Odo, the bishop of Bayeux and half-brother of William the Conqueror, or by some other comparable patron, they bring new evidence to bear on the question of its relationship to the abbey of St Augustine's, Canterbury. From the study of art-historical, archeological, literary, historical and documentary materials, they conclude that the monks of St Augustine's designed the hanging for display in their abbey church to tell their own story of how England was invaded and conquered in 1066. Elizabeth Carson Pastan is a Professor of Art History at Emory University; Stephen D. White is Asa G. Candler Professor of Medieval History (emeritus), Emory University, and an Honorary Professor of Mediaeval History at the University of St Andrews.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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1843839415

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Transformative Waters in Late-medieval Literature

From Aelred of Rievaulx to the Book of Margery Kempe

By: Hetta Elizabeth Howes

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Transformative Waters in Late-medieval Literature

From Aelred of Rievaulx to the Book of Margery Kempe

By: Hetta Elizabeth Howes

A consideration of the metaphor of water in religious literature, especially in relation to women.

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1843846128

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9781843846123

England in Europe

English Royal Women and Literary Patronage, c.1000–c.1150

By: Elizabeth Muir Tyler

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England in Europe

English Royal Women and Literary Patronage, c.1000–c.1150

By: Elizabeth Muir Tyler

In England in Europe, Elizabeth Tyler focuses on two histories: the Encomium Emmae Reginae, written for Emma the wife of the Æthelred II and Cnut, and The Life of King Edward, written for Edith the wife of Edward the Confessor. Tyler offers a bold literary and historical analysis of both texts and reveals how the two queens actively engaged in the patronage of history-writing and poetry to exercise their royal authority. Tyler’s innovative combination of attention to intertextuality and regard for social networks emphasizes the role of women at the centre of Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman court literature. In doing so, she argues that both Emma and Edith’s negotiation of conquests and factionalism created powerful models of queenly patronage that were subsequently adopted by individuals such as Queen Margaret of Scotland, Countess Adela of Blois, Queen Edith/Matilda, and Queen Adeliza. England in Europe sheds new lighton the connections between English, French, and Flemish history-writing and poetry and illustrates the key role Anglo-Saxon literary culture played in European literature long after 1066.

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University of Toronto Press

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1487513380

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9781487513382

The Bayeux Tapestry and Its Contexts

A Reassessment

By: Elizabeth Carson Pastan,Stephen D. White,Kate Gilbert

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By: Elizabeth Carson Pastan,Stephen D. White,Kate Gilbert

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The Bayeux Tapestry and Its Contexts

The Bayeux Tapestry and Its Contexts

Transformative Waters in Late-medieval Literature

Transformative Waters in Late-medieval Literature

England in Europe

England in Europe

The Bayeux Tapestry and Its Contexts

The Bayeux Tapestry and Its Contexts

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