Ebook: Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made in France?: The Case for Saint-Florent of Saumur
Author: George Beech (auth.)
- Tags: History of France, European History, History of Medieval Europe, Arts, History of Britain and Ireland, Modern History
- Series: The New Middle Ages
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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.
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