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Bayeux Tapestry: A 1,000-year-old embroidery depicting William the Conqueror's victory and King Harold's grisly death
This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in ...
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Newly Rediscovered, a Missing Fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry Is Returning to France
Edward the Confessor sends Harold Godwinson to Normandy in this scene from the Bayeux Tapestry ... Harold crowned himself king instead, leading William to cross the English Channel and fight ...
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7 things you didn't know about the Bayeux Tapestry
It was commissioned to mark William the Conqueror's victory over Harold Godwinson. Tapestries are wonderful works of art woven on a loom. The famous Bayeux Tapestry, however, is an embroidery made ...
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Why should I care about 1066?
Led by William ... the Bayeux Tapestry is a 70m-long embroidered cloth and vital historical source. After the death of English King, Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwinson was crowned king ...