eleven months to complete in 1986-87. The imagery faithfully reproduces the original embroidery housed at the Musee de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in France. It has also been judged as the most accurate ...

curiously does not appear on the Bayeux Tapestry. Now, 1,000 years later, the municipality of Normandy and the French Ministry of Culture have announced plans to complete the story. French ...

For centuries, the remaining 230 feet of the tapestry have resided in Bayeux, a town of some 12,000 residents in Normandy, France. The embroidered fabric has only left town twice since its ...

You might ask why on earth would you make a stop to see a tapestry when Camembert cheese, hard cider and the rolling Normandy hills are beckoning? Well, because the Bayeux Tapestry, an ...

Explore how the drama of 1066 and the Battle of Hastings, as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, shaped the future of Westminster Abbey. In 1066, William the Conqueror led the Norman Invasion of England, ...

A brief overview of the Bayeux Tapestry, which is actually an embroidery sewn by English craftsmen. The clip highlights its purpose, history and function. Several sections are shown in more detail ...