Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made in France?

Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made in France?

Department

History

Document Type

Book

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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.

ISBN

978-1403966704

Publication Date

2005

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

City

New York

Disciplines

European History

Citation for published book

Beech, George. Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made in France? : The Case for St. Florent of Saumur / George Beech. 2005. Print. New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm)).

Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made in France?

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