Bayeux Tapestry Archive
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New research on how the Bayeux Tapestry was made
Posted on November 15, 2012 | No CommentsA University of Manchester researcher has thrown new light on how the world famous Bayeux Tapestry was made over 900 years ago. -
Who was the mysterious Ælfgyva in the Bayeux Tapestry?
Posted on November 13, 2012 | No CommentsJoanna Laynesmith, a medieval historian from the University of Reading offers two possibilities in a new article that appears in the October issue of History Today. -
The alternation between present and past time in the telling of the Bayeux Tapestry story
Posted on July 20, 2012 | No CommentsWhen an anonymous artist designed the Bayeux Tapestry shortly after the Norman conquest of England he presented some of the action as taking place in the present time and some in the past. -
Symbolism and Iconography of the Hawk in the Main Panel of the Bayeux Tapestry
Posted on October 26, 2011 | No CommentsSymbolism and Iconography of the Hawk in the Main Panel of the Bayeux Tapestry By Makra Péter Published Online (2001) Introduction: The main panel of the Bayeux Tapestry features a... -
The Bayeux Tapestry: a stripped narative for their eyes and ears
Posted on September 13, 2011 | No CommentsThe Bayeux Tapestry: a stripped narative for their eyes and ears Brilliant, Richard Word and Image, Vol..7, (1991) Abstract The Bayeaux Tapestry, a masterpiece of medieval narrative art, tells the... -
How English is the Bayeux Tapestry?
Posted on September 13, 2011 | No CommentsHow English is the Bayeux Tapestry? Musgrove, David BBC History Magazine (2010) Abstract With a major conference about the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum this month, David Musgrove considers where... -
Odo of Bayeux At War: Linking The Bayeux Tapestry And “The Song Of Roland”
Posted on September 13, 2011 | No CommentsOdo of Bayeux At War: Linking The Bayeux Tapestry And “The Song Of Roland” Jameson, Carl (University of Delaware) Thesis: B.A., University of Delaware, Spring (2009) Abstract In 1066 England... -
The Mercian Connection, Harold Godwineson’s Ambitions, Diplomacy and Channel-crossing, 1056-1066
Posted on September 13, 2011 | No CommentsThe Mercian Connection, Harold Godwineson’s Ambitions, Diplomacy and Channel-crossing, 1056 -1066 VAN KEMPEN,AD F. J. (Tilburg, The Netherlands) History, Volume 94, Issue 313 (2009) Abstract It is supposed that the... -
Textual evidence for spilling lines in the rigging of medieval Scandinavian keels
Posted on August 21, 2011 | No CommentsTextual evidence for spilling lines in the rigging of medieval Scandinavian keels Sayers, William (Cornell University Library, Ithaca, New York) The International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (1999) Abstract Sail trimming and... -
The strange death of King Harold II: Propaganda and the problem of legitimacy in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings
Posted on December 18, 2009 | No CommentsThe strange death of King Harold II: Propaganda and the problem of legitimacy in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings By Chris Dennis The Historian (2009) Introduction: How did... -
The Bayeux Tapestry
Posted on June 11, 2009 | No CommentsThe Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most well known and interesting pieces of artwork from the Middle Ages. This feature offers readers information about the Bayeux Tapestry, including videos and articles -
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vikings
Posted on May 30, 2009 | No CommentsHow did the Bayeux Tapestry, with its images of Normans and Englishmen, come to be so strongly equated with the legendary Vikings in the popular imagination?
