The Bayeux Tapestry : a critically annotated bibliography

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by  Kuefler

The Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry
A Critically Annotated Bibliography
John F. Szabo
Nicholas E. Kuefler
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The Bayeux Tapestry : a critically annotated bibliography / John F. Szabo, Nicholas E.
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1. Bayeux tapestry–Bibliography. 2. Great Britain–History–William I, 1066–1087–
Bibliography. 3. Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art–Bibliography. I. Kuefler,
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Contents
Introduction ix
THE BIBLIOGRAPHY 1
Appendix A: Dramatis Personae 521
Appendix B: Medieval Sources 537
Index 541
About the Authors 563
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Introduction
Commanding its own museum and over 200 years of examination, observation,
and scholarship, the monumental embroidery, known popularly as the Bayeux
Tapestry and documenting William the Conqueror’s invasion of England in Oc-
tober 1066, is perhaps the most important surviving artifact of the Middle Ages.
This magnificent textile, both celebrated and panned, is both enigmatic artwork
and confounding historical record. The Tapestry has been called one of the earli-
est cartoons as well as film on cloth. Both Napoleon and Hitler were intensely
interested in the work for both its instructional value in displaying the last suc-
cessful invasion of England and as a propaganda piece.
Notably, the Bayeux Tapestry has produced some of the most compelling
questions of the medieval period: Who commissioned it and for what purpose?
What was the intended venue for its display? Who was the designer and who ex-
ecuted the enormous task of its manufacture? How does it inform our understand-
ing of eleventh-century life? And who was the mysterious Ӕlfgyva, depicted in
the Tapestry’s main register?
Much of the scholarship on the Bayeux Tapestry rests in attempts to answer
those questions. This book is an effort to not only capture and describe that schol-
arship but also to reflect the popularity of the Tapestry in literature covering a
surprisingly broad array of subjects. We hope the inclusion of this material will
assist future scholars who may study references to the work in contemporary non-
fiction and popular works as well as use of the Bayeux Tapestry as a primary and
secondary source in the classroom.
The monographs, articles, and other works cited in this bibliography reflect
dozens of research areas. Major themes are: the Tapestry as a source of informa-
tion for eleventh-century material culture, its role in telling the story of the Battle
of Hastings and events leading up to the invasion, patronage of the Tapestry,
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