Bayeux Tapestry

EditorsSue Brunning is Curator: Early Medieval European Collection at the British Museum.Lloyd de Beer is Curator: European Modern Collection at the British Museum.Michael Lewis is Curator of the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition and Head of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum.Naomi Speakman is Curator: Late Medieval Europe Collection at the British Museum.WithMillie Horton-Insch is Project Curator of the Bayeux Tapestry exhibition at the British Museum.ContributorsDavid Bates is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of East Anglia.Pierre Bauduin is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Caen, Normandy, and member of the Centre Michel de Boüard, CRAHAM.Martin Bostal is Interim Director of the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux and Associate Researcher at the Centre Michel de Boüard, CRAHAM, University of Caen, Normandy.Luc Bourgeois is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Caen, Normandy, and member of the Centre Michel de Boüard, CRAHAM.Richard Gameson is Professor of the History of the Book at Durham University.Cécile Lagane is Senior Lecturer in Medieval Archaeology at the University of Caen, Normandy, and member of the Centre Michel de Boüard, CRAHAM.Tom Licence is Professor of Medieval History and Literature at the University of East Anglia.Alexandra Makin is a Third Century Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University.Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester.Elizabeth Carson Pastan is Professor of Art History at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.Clémentine Paquier-Berthelot Head of Exhibitions, Digital and Documentary Programming at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux.Pauline Stafford is Professor Emerita at the University of Liverpool.Elisabeth van Houts FBA is Emeritus Honorary Professor of European Medieval History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

• ContentsPreface(s)Director’s foreword Cast of characters – Millie Horton-InschIntroduction – Sue Brunning and Michael LewisThe Bayeux Tapestry, scene by sceneChapter 1: Historical context – David BatesProfile: Edward the Confessor – Tom LicenceProfile: Harold Godwinson – Tom LicenceProfile: William of Normandy – Pierre BauduinChapter 2: Patronage and display – Elizabeth PastanProfile: Queen Edith – Pauline StaffordAll information is provisional and subject to changeChapter 3: Design and production – Alexandra Lester-Makin and Gale R. Owen-CrockerProfile: Ælfgva/Emma – Elisabeth van HoutsChapter 4: Artistic context – Richard GamesonOdo, Bishop of Bayeux – David BatesChapter 5: Everyday life – Martin Bostal and Luc BourgeoisProfile: Minor characters Michael LewisEpilogue: The ‘afterlife’ of the Bayeux Tapestry – Lloyd de Beer, Clémentine Paquier-Berthelot and Naomi SpeakmanNotes, Select bibliographyAcknowledgements, Credits, Index