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ANDREW BRIDGEFORD
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The Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry
Fourth Estate
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First published in Great Britain by Fourth Estate 2004
This edition published by Harper Perennial 2004
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Eventually
All things decline Everything falters, dies and ends Towers cave in, walls collapse Roses wither, horses stumble Cloth grows old, men expire Iron rusts and timber rots away Nothing made by hand will last I understand the truth That all must die, both clerk and lay And the fame of men now dead Will quickly be forgotten Unless the clerk takes up his pen And brings their deeds to life again
Wace, Roman de Rou, III, 11. 131–142 (c. 1170)
Contents
1. In Search of the Bayeux Tapestry
2. A Tale of Consequence: The Impact of Conquest
5. The Strange Journey of Harold Godwinson
10. English Art and Embroidery
11. A Connection with Bishop Odo of Bayeux
12. The Bayeux Tapestry and the Babylonian Conquest of the Jews
15. Count Eustace and the Death of King Harold
16. Eustace and the Attack on Dover
17. The Downfall of Bishop Odo
21. Bayeux Cathedral and the Mystery of Survival
22. The Patronage of the Bayeux Tapestry