The Story of the Bayeux Tapestry. Unravelling the Norman Conquest

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Political intrigue and treachery, heroism and brutal violence, victory and defeat — all this is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, an epic account of one of the pivotal episodes in English history embroidered on a strip of linen. Famously, it shows the stricken Anglo-Saxon king Harold dying on the battlefield of Hastings in 1066 amid a shower of arrows, as axes clash, spears fly and fallen warriors are trampled beneath charging hooves.However, there is much more to this remarkable historical and a

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