Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface and Acknowledgements xvii
5. Abbreviations xxi
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 1 The Material Context of the Bayeux Embroidery: Manufacture, Display, and Literary References 9
8. Chapter 2 Is the Bayeux Embroidery a Record of Events? 33
9. Chapter 3 Imagined Patronage 59
10. Chapter 4 The Prosopography of the Bayeux Embroidery and the Community of St Augustine’s, Canterbury 82
11. Chapter 5 Locating Harold’s Oath and Tracing His Itinerary 105
12. Chapter 6 Bishop Odo at the Banquet 126
13. Chapter 7 The Fables in the Borders 154
14. Chapter 8 Representing Architecture 183
15. Chapter 9 Legal Ceremonies and the Question of Legitimacy 210
16. Chapter 10 The Fall of the English 237
17. Chapter 11 Quid faciat … Scollandus? The Abbey Church of St Augustine’s c. 1073–1100 260
18. Conclusion 288
19. Select Bibliography 293
20. Index 331