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The Resource A needle in the right hand of God : the Norman conquest of 1066 and the making of the Bayeux tapestry/, R. Howard Bloch

A needle in the right hand of God : the Norman conquest of 1066 and the making of the Bayeux tapestry/, R. Howard Bloch

Label
A needle in the right hand of God : the Norman conquest of 1066 and the making of the Bayeux tapestry/
Title
A needle in the right hand of God
Title remainder
the Norman conquest of 1066 and the making of the Bayeux tapestry/
Statement of responsibility
R. Howard Bloch
Creator
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
  • The Bayeux Tapestry is the worldʼs most famous textile - an exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of historyʼs most mysterious and compelling works of art. This account of the battle that redrew the map of medieval Europe has inspired dreams of theft, waves of nationalism, visions of limitless power, and esthetic rapture. R. Howard Bloch reveals the history, the hidden meaning, the deep beauty, and the enduring allure of this astonishing piece of cloth. Book jacket
  • Includes information on Anglo-Saxons, Arabs, Canterbury (England), Charlemagne, coins, Constantinople, Danes, Edward the Confessor, England, English Channel, feudalism, France, Germany, Guy of Amiens, Guy of Ponthieu, Battle of Hastings, Heinrich Himmler, Holy Roman Empire, Knights, medieval manuscripts, Mathilda (queen of England), Michel Francisque, Middle Ages, Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, Normans, Odo of Bayeux, Old French language, Orderic Vitalis, Rome, Scandinavia, Sicily, The Song of Roland, Song of the Battle of Hastings, Battle of Stamford Bridge, Stigand (archbishop of Canterbury), Sutton Hoo treasure, textile arts, Vikings, Westminster Abbey, William of Normandy, William of Poitiers, William the Conqueror, World War II, York, etc
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Bloch, R. Howard
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art
  • Symbolism in art
  • Great Britain
Label
A needle in the right hand of God : the Norman conquest of 1066 and the making of the Bayeux tapestry/, R. Howard Bloch
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-214) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Lances, axes, and needles -- Perils and survival -- War by other means -- A stitich in time -- Buried treasure -- Weaving to Byzantium -- Go east, young Norman -- An asylum of nobles
Control code
62341650
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 230 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781400065493
Lccn
2005057999
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)
Label
A needle in the right hand of God : the Norman conquest of 1066 and the making of the Bayeux tapestry/, R. Howard Bloch
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-214) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Lances, axes, and needles -- Perils and survival -- War by other means -- A stitich in time -- Buried treasure -- Weaving to Byzantium -- Go east, young Norman -- An asylum of nobles
Control code
62341650
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
xv, 230 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9781400065493
Lccn
2005057999
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations (some color)

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