Tag Archives: Bayeaux Tapestry

fifty score years ago, our forebears…

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Dave

Are we entering a new Dark Age? Is one at hand? We might well to look back to the last Dark Age, which beclouded Europe from the fall of Rome to the beginning of the brilliant Middle Age in, more … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Bayeaux Tapestry, Edward Gibbon, Frank Thadeusz, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Jacques le Goff, Limbourg Brothers, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Professor Lynn White, Raoul Glaber chronicler, The Dark Ages, The Middle Ages | Leave a comment

REMOVE YOUR BOOTS BEFORE WALKING ON THE CARPET

Posted on July 12, 2010 by Dave

When William the Conqueror seized control of England, after the Battle of Hastings in 1066, he acquired a great center of medieval art as well as an extensive addition to his realm. The Anglo-Saxons were famous for their manuscript illuminations … Continue reading →