This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo, a close relative of William the Conqueror ...

The original Bayeux Tapestry visually tells the story of the Battle of Hastings, which took place on 14 October 1066 in the south coast of England. At this conflict, the Norman-French army of William, ...

The historical saga of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 is chronicled across the 230-foot-long Bayeux Tapestry, one of the most amazing yet mysterious art historical marvels of all time.

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 ...

were portrayed at the time in a magnificent tapestry commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, William's half-brother. In a superb piece of programme-making, Radio 4 has brought the Bayeux Tapestry to ...

Show more The Bayeux Tapestry is a remarkable and unique work of art that has survived for almost 1,000 years. Made in the 11th century, it tells the story of William of Normandy’s claim to the ...

Explore how the drama of 1066 and the Battle of Hastings, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, shaped the future of Westminster Abbey. In 1066, William the Conqueror led the Norman Invasion of England, ...

There in the Bayeux Tapestry, she tells us, are scenes of rape — under the arrows that flew 1,000 years before Zhanna Kadyrova’s Russian rockets.