The Rhetoric of Power in the Bayeux Tapestry

By Suzanne Lewis

Book Overview

In this study, Suzanne Lewis argues that the Bayeux Tapestry is one of the first large-scale visual narratives of the Middle Ages that, moreover, conveys medieval conceptions regarding the pictorialized text. More than a reinterpretation of the historical evidence related to the Tapestry, Lewis' study explores the visual and textual strategies and conventions that have made this work such a powerful statement for audiences over the centuries.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521632382
• ISBN13: 9780521632386
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"