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1066 : the hidden history of the Bayeux Tapestry / Andrew Bridgeford.
Fine Arts Library NK3049.B3 B75 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bridgeford, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bayeux tapestry.
- Bayeux tapestry (Title).
- Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art.
- Hastings, Battle of (England : 1066) in art.
- Symbolism in art--France.
- Symbolism in art.
- Great Britain--History--William I, 1066-1087--Historiography.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Historiography.
- France.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Walker & Company, 2005.
- Summary:
- Through its colorful characters--ambitious warrior bishops, court dwarfs, powerful women, and ruthless knights--this embroidered masterpiece relates the story of the Battle of Hastings and the conquest of England by a foreign army, culminating in a victory for William the Conqueror and the death of King Harold.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, 2004.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-341) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0802714501
- OCLC:
- 57373964
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