Harold-as-Aeneas? The influence of the Aeneid on a rescue scene in the Bayeux Tapestry

Resource type
Journal article
Creator (person)
Rollason, Nikki K.
Michael, Lewis
Date published
2020
Abstract
This article examines a particular scene in the Bayeux Tapestry where Earl Harold of Wessex rescues Normans from the River Couesnon (Brittany/Normandy) in reference to a similar scene in the Aeneid. It considers the qualities of the 'heroes' in both scenes - Harold and Aeneas - and considers the a relationship between them in the light of Classical, Anglo-Saxon and Norman literary tradition.
Editor
Lewis
Journal title
Greece & Rome
Volume
67.2
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Place of publication
Cambridge
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