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- Title
A Canterbury Tale.
- Authors
Laynesmith, J.L.
- Abstract
The article discusses the Bayeux Tapestry, a notable medieval tapestry believed to have been created in the 1070s for Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and Earl of Kent, also brother of Norman King William the Conqueror of England. The tapestry depicts the 1066 Battle of Hastings, England in which William subdued the Anglo-Saxon forces of King Harold of England. The author focuses on a scene between a woman identified as Ælfgyva whose face is being touched by an unnamed cleric. Other topics considered include the tapestry's design, the attribution of the embroidery to St. Augustine's Abbey in Canterbury, England, and art and history.
- Subjects
ENGLAND; HASTINGS (England); BAYEUX tapestry; BATTLE of Hastings, England, 1066, in art; MEDIEVAL tapestry; MEDIEVAL embroidery; ART &; history; HISTORY in art; BATTLE of Hastings, England, 1066
- Publication
History Today, 2012, Vol 62, Issue 10, p42
- ISSN
0018-2753
- Publication type
Article