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A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Bishop Odo rallying Duke William's army during the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The Bayeux Tapestry [a] is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 feet) long and 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall [1] that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led by William, Duke of Normandy challenging Harold II, King of England ...
Battle of Hastings Part of the Norman Conquest Harold Rex Interfectus Est: "King Harold is killed". Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings and the death of Harold. Date 14 October 1066 Location Hailesaltede, near Hastings, Sussex, England (today Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom) Result Norman victory Belligerents Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England Commanders and ...
The club may reflect his clerical status which might have precluded the shedding of blood by sword, [6] yet in the same scene Duke William himself also holds a club (Bayeux Tapestry) The following three sources constitute the only generally accepted reliable contemporary evidence which names participants at the Battle of Hastings.
Battle, England 11th century English Heritage: Battle of Hastings: Battle Battle of Waterloo reenactment: June Waterloo, Belgium 19th century Battle of Waterloo: Battle Bristol Renaissance Faire: July to September Bristol, Wisconsin, USA Renaissance: n/a Renaissance fair: Caldicot September Caldicot, Wales: Middle Ages: n/a Renaissance fair ...
The exhibits are “Journey Stories” and “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964.”
The Bayeux Tapestry tituli are Medieval Latin captions that are embroidered on the Bayeux Tapestry and describe scenes portrayed on the tapestry. These depict events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy , and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England , and culminating in the Battle of Hastings .
Odo fighting in the Battle of Hastings as shown in the Bayeux Tapestry Scene in the Bayeux Tapestry showing Odo rallying Duke William's troops during the Battle of Hastings. Latin tituli above: HIC ODO EP[ISCOPU]S BACULU[M] TENENS CONFORTAT PUEROS ("Here Bishop Odo, holding a club, gives strength to the boys"). Duke William is also shown ...
It is displayed in a museum in the town centre. The large Norman-Romanesque and Gothic Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Bayeux, [12] consecrated in 1077, was probably the original home of the tapestry, where William's half-brother Odo of Bayeux (represented on the tapestry wielding a wooden club at the Battle of Hastings) would have had it displayed.