What Was The Bayeux Tapestry?
Discover the story behind a medieval masterpiece in ‘What Was The Bayeux Tapestry?’ This video takes you on a journey through the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered cloth that tells the tale of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It’s not actually a tapestry, but a carefully stitched embroidery! Learn about the scenes depicted, the craftsmanship involved, and why this historical artifact is an important source of information about the Norman Conquest, medieval life, and the art of storytelling in the past.
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I wonder the bay you tapestry is known as a work of art, but it isn’t actually a tapestry. It’s a huge work of embroidery. The Anglo-Saxons were very good at embroidery. They created the longest tapestry in the world which depicts the Roman conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
The pictures were probably drawn by men. But all that stitching was done by women, and that’s a lot of stitching.