Bayeux Tapestry

Authors Sue Brunning is Curator: Early Medieval European Collections at the British Museum Lloyd de Beer is Curator: European Modern Collection at the British Museum Michael Lewis is Head of Portable Antiquities and Treasure at the British Museum. Naomi Speakman is Curator: Late Medieval Europe Collections at the British Museum. Contributors David 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. Martin Bostal is Exhibitions Curator at the Bayeux Tapestry Museum and Associate Researcher at CRAHAM, University of Caen Normandy. Luc Bourgeois is Professor of Medieval Archaeology at the University of Caen, Normandy, and member of Centre Michel de Boüard. 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, specialising in material culture. 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 Pastan is Professor of Art History at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. Clémentine Paquier-Berthelot is Head of Digital and Documentary Programming at the Bayeux Tapestry Museum. Pauline Stafford is Professor Emerita, University of Liverpool and the author of several works on early medieval queens. Elisabeth van Houts FBA is Emeritus Honorary Professor of European Medieval History at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

• Preface(s) Director’s foreword Introduction – Sue Brunning and Michael Lewis The Bayeux Tapestry, scene by scene Chapter 1: Historical context – David Bates Profile: Edward the Confessor – Tom Licence Profile: Harold Godwinson – Tom Licence Profile: William of Normandy – Pierre Bauduin Chapter 2: Patronage and display – Elizabeth Pastan Profile: Queen Edith – Pauline Stafford Chapter 3: Design and production – Alexandra Lester-Makin and Gale R. Owen-Crocker Profile: Ælfgva/Emma – Elisabeth van Houts Chapter 4: Artistic context – Richard Gameson Odo, Bishop of Bayeux – David Bates Chapter 5: Everyday life – Martin Bostal and Luc Bourgeois Profile: Minor characters (author TBC) Conclusion: The ‘afterlife’ of the Bayeux Tapestry – Lloyd de Beer, Naomi Speakman and Clémentine Paquier-Berthelot Notes, Select bibliography Acknowledgements, Credits, Index