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Graphically Explaining the Norman Conquest of England 1066
October 20, 2022
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BAYEUX
Home to the Bayeux Tapestry
Graphically Explaining the Norman Invasion of England 1066
October 20, 2022
Moomoo notes:  This panel section shows King Harold seated on the throne .  The  final scenes of
King William on the throne of England after the Battle of Hastings are missing from the original 230
feet of embroidery.   An imagined reconstruction was completed in 2012.
Moomoo notes:  This "original" scene tituli "Et fuga verterunt Angli" (“And the English left fleeing”)
is believed to have been added in the nineteenh century.
Moomoo notes:  This panel section bears the penultimate titulus, "Hic Harold Rex Interfectus" (“Here
King Harold is slain”).  It shows the death of King Harold from an arrow piercing his eye (see figure
on the extreme right).   The depiction of the arrow is controversial because it shows signs of being
embroidered in at a later date, alhtough the marks on the fabric do indicate an earlier stitching.
BAYEUX CATHEDRAL (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux) 1077
BAYEUX  TAPESTRY MUSEUM
L'AMOUR OU LES CONVOITISES?
LES MORTS
The Bayeux Tapestry is embroidered on cloth that is 20 inches tall and totals 230 feet in
length.  The tapestry depicts the events around the invasion and conquest of Saxon
England in 1066 by William, Duke of Normandy.  The tapestry preserves the claim that King
Edward the Confessor of England had promised the throne to William.  After the death of
Edward, the throne was but taken by Harold Godwinson, brother-in-law of the late King.  To
make good his claim, William raised an army of knights and retainers, built ships, crossed
the channel, and killed Harold on October 14, 1066 at the Battle of Hastings.  The tapestry
was completed in England a few years after the conquest.  It was rediscovered at the
Bayeux Cathedral where it was displayed until relocated to the Bayeux Tapestry Museum.
First Nine Panels of the Bayeux Tapestry
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
A Self Made Man