Was the Bayeux tapestry made in France?
Subtitle: the case for Saint-Florent of Saumur
By: George Beech
Edition: 1st ed
Series: The new Middle Ages; New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 142
Subjects: Bayeux tapestry; Embroidery -- Attribution; Embroidery, Medieval -- France -- Saint-Florent-le-Vieil; Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art; Great Britain. -- History -- William I, 1066-1087 -- Historiography
Description: "This book presents the hypothesis that the Bayeux tapestry, long believed to have been made in England, came from the Loire valley in France, from the abbey of St. Florent of Saumur. This is based on a number of different kinds of evidence, the most important of which is signs of a St. Florent/Breton influence in the portrayal of the Breton campaign in the tapestry, about a tenth of the whole."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [111]-139) and index