which was top nation at tapestry making at the time. It was sewn by English craftspeople but probably designed by a Norman, abd commissioned and paid for by William’s half-brother, Odo ...
“The Bayeux Tapestry is integral to the way everyone thinks of Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest ... brings the past to life. … It adds texture to the picture we have of Harold ...
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.