The Bayeux Tapestry: Unpicking the Past

The Bayeux Tapestry is probably the most important pictorial image of the 11th century. But the tapestry is not a docile, dead depiction, it's alive with controversy and myth. Unpick its secrets and discover how truth was embroidered after 1066.

Controversy and myth	The tapestry as a primary source	Embroidering the truth	The story
Death of Harold	A window on the past	Distinctive Norman soldiers	Chance survival

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