Cancelled: Embroidery: the lost art of the Anglo-Saxon world

Abstract

Embroidery is little studied as part of early medieval material culture. This paper argues that this fragile form of decoration was not only an integrated part of Anglo-Saxon material culture, but that it was considered art, and the women who made it were treated with the highest regard. My forthcoming book, ‘The Lost Art of the Anglo-Saxon World: the sacred and secular power of embroidery’, tells this story. This presentation will give an overview of the results and what they tell us about early medieval life in the British Isles and Ireland.

The Medieval Seminar Series is sponsored by the World Archaeology Section at the UCL Institute of Archaeology and the British Museum.

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Seminar Series Convenors:

• Sue Brunning (British Museum)
• Andrew Reynolds (Institute of Archaeology)