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Bayeux Tapestry

Bayeux Tapestry. Kristen Leppik XI A. Bayeux Tapestry. 50cm by 70m embroidered cloth. Explains the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England as well a s the events of the invasion itself. Annotated in Latin. Earliest reference in 1476. .

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Bayeux Tapestry

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  1. Bayeux Tapestry Kristen Leppik XI A

  2. Bayeux Tapestry • 50cm by 70m embroidered cloth. • Explains the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England as well as the events of the invasion itself. • Annotated in Latin. • Earliest reference in 1476.

  3. The Two combatants are the Anglo-Saxon English, led by Harold Godwinson and the Normans, led by William the Conqueror. • French legend maintained the tapestry was commissioned and created by Queen Matilda. • Currently exhibited in Bayeux Museum, France.

  4. Thank you!

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