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Decoding the bayeux tapestry : the secrets of history's most famous embriodery hiden in plain sight / Arthur Colin Wright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Arthur, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bayeux tapestry.
- Normandy (France)--History--To 1515.
- Normandy (France).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Yorshire ; Philadelphia : Frontline Books, 2019.
- Summary:
- For the first time, a scholar reveals the meaning of the marginal images on the Bayeux Tapestry, unlocking a completely new meaning of the work. The story of the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry is arguably the most widely-known in the panoply of English history, and over the last 200 years there have.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Chapter 1: The Mystery at the Margins
- Chapter 2: Methodology, Bestiary and Division
- Chapter 3: The Opening Chapter Begins
- Chapter 4: The Opening Chapter Concludes
- Chapter 5: Chapter Two
- Chapter 6: Chapter Three
- Chapter 7: The Conclusion to the Tapestry
- Chapter 8: The Landscape of Invasion
- Chapter 9: The Accuracy of Weapons and Armours
- Chapter 10: The Psychology of the Tapestry
- Chapter 11: Who Embroidered the Tapestry and How?
- Appendices
- Appendix I: A Note on the Invasion Fleet
- Appendix II: Notes on the Map of Pevensey in 1066
- A Glossary of Creatures Found on the Tapestry
- Notes &
- Sources.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5267-4113-X
- 1-5267-4111-3
- OCLC:
- 1097985508
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