@article{324248, author = {Bloch, R. Howard.}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/324248}, title = {A needle in the right hand of God : the Norman conquest of 1066 and the making of the Bayeux tapestry/}, publisher = {Random House,}, abstract = {The Bayeux Tapestry is the worldʾs most famous textile - an exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of historyʾs most mysterious and compelling works of art. This account of the battle that redrew the map of medieval Europe has inspired dreams of theft, waves of nationalism, visions of limitless power, and esthetic rapture. R. Howard Bloch reveals the history, the hidden meaning, the deep beauty, and the enduring allure of this astonishing piece of cloth. Book jacket.}, recid = {324248}, pages = {xv, 230, [16] p. of plates :}, address = {New York :}, year = {2006}, }