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Harold II is chiefly remembered today, perhaps unfairly, for the brevity of his reign and his death at the Battle of Hastings. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on the man and his milieu before and after that climax. They explore the long career and the dynastic network behind Harold Godwinesson's accession on the death of King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, looking in particular at the important questions as to whether Harold's kingship was opportunist or long-planned; a usurpation or a legitimate succession in terms of his Anglo-Scandinavian kinships? They also examine the posthumous legends that Harold survived Hastings and lived on as a religious recluse. The essays in the second part of the volume focus on the Bayeux Tapestry, bringing out the small details which would have resonated significantly for contemporary audiences, both Norman and English, to suggest how they judged Harold and the other players in the succession drama of 1066. Other aspects of the Tapestry are also covered: the possible patron and locations the Tapestry was produced for; where and how it was designed; and the various sources - artistic and real - employed by the artist.
GALE OWEN-CROCKER is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester.
Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester.
Table Of Contents:
1King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry : a critical introduction12Harold Godwinesson : the construction of kingship193Horold II : a throne-worthy king354The myth of Harold II's survival in the Scandinavian sources535The content and construction of the Vita Haroldi656Body language : a graphic commentary by the horses of the Bayeux Tapestry937Brothers, rivals and the geometry of the Bayeux Tapestry1098Putting the Bayeux Tapestry in its place1259Gendering the battle? : male and female in the Bayeux Tapestry13910Cognate imagery : the bear, Harold and the Bayeux Tapestry14911The Cicero-Aratea and the Bayeux Tapestry16112The Bayeux Tapestry and eleventh-century material culture179
| Book: | King Harold Ii And The Bayeux Tapestry (Pubns Manchester Centre For Anglo-Saxon Studies) |
| Author: | Gale R. Owen-crocker |
| ISBN: | 1843831244 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781843831242 |
| Binding: | Hardbound |
| Publishing Date: | 2005-06-01 |
| Publisher: | Boydell Press |
| Number of Pages: | 214 |
| Language: | English |
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