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The Bayeux Tapestry

I have used many images taken from the Bayeux Tapestry on my pages to illustrate the history of the local region and the country in general.

As widely recognised the events portrayed in the embroidery are subject to a lot of interpretation and may not be the actual sequence of what actually happened.

The Interactive online tapestry

There is an online representation of the tapestry on the Bayeux Tapestry website. I do have a link for this

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The scene that I use on my timeline page is scene 29, Harold is crowned King of England.

The scene of Bishop Odo in the battle is 54 - HIC ODO EPISCOPVS BACVLVM TЄNЄNS CONFORTAT PVEROS Here Bishop Odo holding a wand encourages the young men, I use on many of menus for history.

Hereward the Wake and Norwich Catheral

Hereward the Wake

Guy I, Count of Ponthieu

There is a model in the museum where the tapestry is housed that explains some of the background There is a model of a Norman manor in Winchester - this bears more investigation and Winchester appeats to be the seat of Harold's family.

William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford

William FitzOsbern was a confirmed "companion" to William and was possibly one of the most powerful Earls in England after Conquest. Along with Bishop Odo, FitzOsbern were responsible for how the country was managed.

William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of Breteuil (c. 1011 – 22 February 1071), was a relative and close counsellor of William the Conqueror and one of the great magnates of early Norman England. FitzOsbern was created Earl of Hereford in 1067,[a] one of the first peerage titles in the English peerage. He is one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror known to have fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. His chief residence was Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, one of many castles he built in England.

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References:

  • Orderic Vitalis - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Orderic_Vitalis
  • Bayeux Tapestry - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Bayeux_Tapestry
  • The Bayeux Tapestry Museum - https:// www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/ the-bayeux-tapestry/
  • Interactive Tapestry online - https:// www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry /discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/explore-online/
  • William FitzOsbern, 1st Earl of Hereford - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ William_FitzOsbern,_1st_Earl_of_Hereford - My page William FitzOsbern
  • The Bayeux Tapestry by Lucien Musset - https:// www.amazon.co.uk/ Bayeux-Tapestry-0-Lucien-Musset /dp/1843831635 #:~:text=The late Lucien Musset%2C Emeritus, Bayeux for nearly fifty years.
  • Guy I, Count of Ponthieu - https:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Guy_I,_Count_of_Ponthieu

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