ABOVE: William the Conqueror and Odo, bishop of Bayeux, from the ‘Bayeux Tapestry’ Benoît de Sainte-Maure was a 12th-century French poet, who, amongst other things, …
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR’S PARENTS AND THE NORMAN CASTLE
Bayeux tapestry
THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY THROUGH THE MIDDLE AGES
The Bayeux Tapestry, though actually a piece of embroidery and not a tapestry at all, is today considered to be one of the most significant artefacts of medieval history. Documenting the lead up to the events of the Norman Conquest of England…In fact, throughout all the Middle Ages, we only have a single definite reference to it
