The Bayeux Tapestry

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In April 2016, I very much enjoyed viewing the:
"The Bayeux Tapestry or Bayeux Embroidery --- is an embroidered
cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long and 50 centimetres (20 in) tall,
which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England
concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex,
later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.

According to Sylvette Lemagnen, conservator of the tapestry:
The Bayeux tapestry is one of the supreme achievements of the
Norman Romanesque .... Its survival almost intact over nine centuries
is little short of miraculous ... Its exceptional length, the harmony and
freshness of its colours, its exquisite workmanship, and the genius of
its guiding spirit combine to make it endlessly fascinating.[4]
The tapestry consists of some fifty scenes --
A harrow, a newly invented implement, is depicted (scene 10) and this
is the earliest known depiction. --
The picture of Halley's Comet, which appears in the upper border (scene 32),
is the first known picture of this comet. --
There are nude figures, some of corpses from battle, others of a
ribald nature."

As to that last quoted sentence, I remember years ago,
Paul Gans was talking about sometime telling us about
medieval pornography. Does he have any motivation
to do so now?

Anyway, the wiki site does let one scroll through the whole
scene. Sadly, the small details are not as visible as it is
in person.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry

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Post by a425couple
"The Bayeux Tapestry or Bayeux Embroidery --- is an embroidered
cloth nearly 70 metres (230 ft) long and 50 centimetres (20 in) tall,
which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England
concerning William, Duke of Normandy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_English_monarchs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_the_Conqueror
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_conquest_of_England#Elite_replacement
http://www.battle1066.com/normans.shtml

"To control his new kingdom, William granted lands to his followers and
built castles commanding military strongpoints throughout the land. Other
effects of the conquest included the court and government, the introduction
of the Norman language as the language of the elites"

"He made arrangements for the governance of England in early 1067 before
returning to Normandy. Several unsuccessful rebellions followed, but by
1075 William's hold on England was mostly secure, allowing him to spend
the majority of the rest of his reign on the continent. ----
William died in September 1087 while leading a campaign in northern France,
and was buried in Caen. --- He did not try to integrate his various domains
into one empire, but instead continued to administer each part separately.
William's lands were divided after his death: Normandy went to his eldest
son,
Robert Curthose, and his second surviving son, William Rufus, received
England."

It is interesting to me, that Normandy, one area of France, was
valued as better than England.