Medieval History
A new theory has been put forward on a mysterious scene in the Bayeux Tapestry that appears to show some sort of sexual scandal that involved a woman named Ælfgyva. Joanna Laynesmith, a medieval historian from the University of Reading offers two possibilities in a new article that appears in the October issue of History Today.
In trying to understand ?the million dollar question? as Laynesmith puts it, several different explanations have been attempted. Laynesmith believes that this Ælfgyva was most likely Emma, who was the wife of two Anglo-Saxon kings - Æthelred the Unready and Cnut, and was the mother of two more ? Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor, or that it could be Ælfgyvva, the first wife of Æthelred.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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Medieval History
Who was the mysterious Ælfgyva in the Bayeux Tapestry?
A new theory has been put forward on a mysterious scene in the Bayeux Tapestry that appears to show some sort of sexual scandal that involved a woman named Ælfgyva. Joanna Laynesmith, a medieval historian from the University of Reading offers two possibilities in a new article that appears in the October issue of History Today.
In trying to understand ?the million dollar question? as Laynesmith puts it, several different explanations have been attempted. Laynesmith believes that this Ælfgyva was most likely Emma, who was the wife of two Anglo-Saxon kings - Æthelred the Unready and Cnut, and was the mother of two more ? Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor, or that it could be Ælfgyvva, the first wife of Æthelred.
Click here to read this article from Medievalists.net
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ELB writes: Important new research by ASNC Department members Prof. Simon Keynes and Dr Rosalind Love is highlighted in Cambridge University's Research Horizons newsletter this month. As Research Horizons puts it: Recent headlines might give the impression...
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Andy Wilkinson has recreated a miniature version of the Bayeux Tapestry - the eleventh-century embroidery that depicts William the Conqueror's invasion of England and victory at the Battle of Hastings. It took him 18 years to sew the 40 foot-long...
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A University of Manchester researcher has thrown new light on how the world famous Bayeux Tapestry was made over 900 years ago. Alex Makin ?a professional embroiderer who was trained at one the country?s most prestigious institutions ? says the same...
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