The Bayeux Tapestry: Propaganda in 1066 for William the Conqueror
The Tapestry is valued both as a work of art and as a source concerning the history of the Norman Conquest. Introduction The Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20 in by 230 ft) long embroidered cloth, done in painstaking detail, which depicts the events leading up to[…]