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" 1066 : "
Andrew Bridgeford.
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BL
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702279
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b524468
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| Main Entry
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Bridgeford, Andrew.
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| Title & Author
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1066 : : the hidden history in the Bayeux Tapestry /\ Andrew Bridgeford.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Walker,, 2005.
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viii, 354 pages :: color illustrations ;; 23 cm
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0802714501
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: 0802777422
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: 9780802714503
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: 9780802777423
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| Notes
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Library binding.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index.
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| Contents
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Map of Northern France and England. -- Genealogical charts: England. -- Genealogical charts: Normandy. -- Genealogical charts: Charlemagne/Boulogne/Jerusalem. -- Genealogical charts: Ponthieu. -- In search of the Bayeux Tapestry. -- A tale of consequence: the impact of conquest. -- Sources. -- Stitches in time. -- The strange journey of Harold Godwinson. -- The fox and the crow. -- The English decision. -- Invasion. -- The Battle of Hastings. -- English art and embroidery. -- A connection with Bishop Odo of Bayeux. -- The Bayeux Tapestry and the Babylonian conquest of the Jews. -- The tanner's grandsons. -- The scion of Charlemagne. -- Count Eustace and the death of King Harold. -- Eustace and the attack on Dover. -- The downfall of Bishop Odo. -- Turold the dwarf. -- The scandal of lfgyva. -- Wadard and Vital. -- Bayeux Cathedral and the mystery of survival. -- The patronage of the Bayeux Tapestry.
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| Abstract
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Presents a new reading of the Bayeux Tapestry, which describes the events of 1066, and reveals the story of the survival of early medieval Europe's greatest treasure.
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Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art.
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Symbolism in art.
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Bayeux tapestry.
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Great Britain, History, William I, 1066-1087, Historiography.
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| Dewey Classification
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942.02/1
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NK3049.B3B75 2005
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