Man Behind The Bayeux Tapestry
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The Man Behind The Bayeux Tapestry
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Author : Trevor Rowley
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2011-11-30
The Man Behind The Bayeux Tapestry written by Trevor Rowley and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-30 with History categories.
Odo of Conteville, the younger half-brother of William the Conqueror, was ordained Bishop of Bayeux while still in his teens. A larger than life character, he is best known for commissioning the Bayeaux Tapestry, in which he makes a dashing appearance at the height of the Battle of Hastings. He also played a pivotal role in the planning and implementation of the Conquest of England, after which, as Earl of Kent, he was second only to William in wealth and power. The popular impression of Odo is of a not so loveable rogue, who typified the worst excesses of the Norman conquerors. He was the first Chief Justice of England and on occasion also acted as regent when the king was in Normandy. After allegedly defrauding both Crown and Church, however, Odo was disgraced and his plans to raise an unauthorised army for a campaign in Italy, possibly in order to gain the papacy, saw him imprisoned for five years. He was released by the dying William in 1087, but soon rebelled against the new king, his nephew William Rufus. Yet Odo was far from being a loutish philistine. The bishop recognised the value of education and the arts and amongst his less well-known activities was his generous patronage of both. Trevor Rowley's book is the first full-length biography of Odo, which also seeks to redress this balance and to make Bishop Odo's extraordinary life story known.
The Bayeux Tapestry
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Author : Carola Hicks
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-07-31
The Bayeux Tapestry written by Carola Hicks and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-31 with Art categories.
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.
A Needle In The Right Hand Of God
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Author : R. Howard Bloch
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2009-09-23
A Needle In The Right Hand Of God written by R. Howard Bloch and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-23 with History categories.
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.
The Bayeux Tapestry
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Author : Lucien Musset
language : en
Publisher: Boydell Press
Release Date : 2005
The Bayeux Tapestry written by Lucien Musset and has been published by Boydell Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Art categories.
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
The Bayeux Tapestry
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Author : Frank Rede Fowke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1898
The Bayeux Tapestry written by Frank Rede Fowke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1898 with Art categories.
The Study Of The Bayeux Tapestry
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Author : Richard Gameson
language : en
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Release Date : 1997
The Study Of The Bayeux Tapestry written by Richard Gameson and has been published by Boydell & Brewer Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Key articles on the Bayeux tapestry collected in one volume, providing a comprehensive companion to its study.
The Bayeux Tapestry
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Author : Carola Hicks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016
The Bayeux Tapestry written by Carola Hicks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Bayeux tapestry categories.
The vivid scenes on the thin, 70-metre long linen strip of the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 when William the Conqueror seized the English throne. One of Europe s greatest treasures, it tells a magnificent tale - but as Carola Hicks shows, its own story has been just as dramatic and surprising. From the start there are mysteries and controversies. Who commissionedthe tapestry? Was it Bishop Odo, William s ruthless half-brother? Or anotherambitious lord? Or was it Harold s dynamic sister Edith, widow of Edward the Confessor, juggling for a place in the new court?Hicks makes an entirely new, strong case for Edith, showing us her world and the miracle of the tapestry s making: talented women in convents plying their needles, the stitches and dyes, the strange details in the margins.The tapestry moved from a noble court to Bayeux cathedral where it lay dusty and ignored until its discovery in the eighteenth century, rousing fierce disputes between British and French antiquarians. In the French Revolution, the townsfolk narrowly saved it from destruction, while Napoleon displayed it in Paristo boost his own planned conquest. Nineteenth century women claimed it as female history, to the horror of male historians. In the twentieth century it was swept up in the breathtaking struggle with the Nazis and since then its immediately recognisable images have inspired films, novels, political cartoons and adverts - even today, itacts as shorthand for our long rivalry with France. 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, enduring every storm.
The Story Of The Bayeux Tapestry
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Author : David Musgrove
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2021-04-27
The Story Of The Bayeux Tapestry written by David Musgrove and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-27 with Art categories.
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.
The Bayeux Tapestry
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Author : Wolfgang Grape
language : en
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Release Date : 1994
The Bayeux Tapestry written by Wolfgang Grape and has been published by Prestel Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Art categories.
One of the great achievements of the medieval world, the Bayeux Tapestry is brought to life with brilliant reproductions and a vivid, explanatory narrative text.
A Brief History Of The Bayeux Tapestry With A Description Of The Scenes
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
A Brief History Of The Bayeux Tapestry With A Description Of The Scenes written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Bayeux tapestry categories.