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De visuelle manifestationer pĂĄ Bayeuxtapetet af den gudfrygtige kong Edvard og dets fĂĄ kvinder
Get PDFTitle: Visual Manifestations of the Pious King Edward and the Few Women on the Bayeux TapestryThis article suggests that the appearances of Edward the Confessor on the Bayeux TapesÂtry underline Duke William’s entitlement to the English throne and the weakness of Harold GodÂwinÂson’s claims. It is argued that King Edward might be depicted six times rather than five. A mediÂaeval king had two bodies, one natural and the other with divine right to rule by God’s grace. In the first five reÂpresentations of Edward we witness the gradual decay and peaceful death of his natural body in sharp contrast to Harold Godwinson’s violent death later on the battlefield, and in the sixth, Duke William sits half hidden by a man closely resembling Edward. This might be Edward’s spiritual poliÂtical body sustaining William’s divine right to the English throne. – The gender balance for indiÂviduals depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry is 99 % men and 1 % women. Of the total of six women the three in the main register are high status persons who appear near important buildings, depicted as misÂtress (probably), wife or mother. Three other women appear in erotic scenes in the margins, but their lack of clothes and attributes makes it difficult to determine their identity
Om Taustaven fra Þingvellir, Island : Skálholtbispen Ísleifur Gissurarsons hyrdestav?
No full texthttps://doi.org/10.33063/diva-429321</p
