Ӕlfgyva: The Mysterious Woman in the Bayeux Tapestry 1, 2024

Ӕlfgyva: The Mysterious Woman in the Bayeux Tapestry 30cm x 21cm Oil on canvas I’ve taken details from Ӕlfgyva section in the Bayeux Tapestry to create this painting. See last slide. ‘As a prime example of how women have been given little or no ...

Ӕlfgyva: The Mysterious Woman in the Bayeux Tapestry 30cm x 21cm Oil on canvas I’ve taken details from Ӕlfgyva section in the Bayeux Tapestry to create this painting. See last slide. ‘As a prime example of how women have been given little or no part in the story of the Norman Conquest, out of 626 human figures, there are only three women who appear in the main narrative of the Bayeux Tapestry. The most intriguing woman in the Bayeux Tapestry, appears in one scene when Harold is in Normandy in 1064. She is identified as ‘Ӕlfgyva’, the name sewn into the tapestry above her head. However, the scene does not appear to be related in any way to the scenes either before or after and has therefore caused much discussion and theorising among historians.’