King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry
Harold II is chiefly remembered today, perhaps unfairly, for the brevity of his reign and his death at the Battle of Hastings. The papers collected here seek to shed new light on the man and his milieu before and after that climax. They explore the long career and the dynastic network behind Harold Godwinesson's accession on the death of King Edward the Confessor in January 1066, looking in particular at the important questions as to whether Harold's kingship was opportunist or long-planned; a usurpation or a legitimate succession in terms of his Anglo-Scandinavian kinships? They also examine the posthumous legends that Harold survived Hastin…
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Weitere Autoren: Karkov, Catherine E. (Solist) / Owen-Crocker, Gale R. (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-84383-124-2
- EAN: 9781843831242
- Produktnummer: 39239201
- Verlag: Boydell & Brewer Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
- Seitenangabe: 214 S.
- Masse: H24.2 cm x B16.2 cm x D2.1 cm 640 g
- Reihenbandnummer: 3
- Gewicht: 640
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