The Bayeux Tapestry
and the Norman Conquest

The Bayeux Tapestry

• High quality images of the 'Bayeux Tapestry'
• Scroll down the front page to find the link to the 'The full Bayeux Tapestry'
• There are also links to 'Tapestry highlights', to its 'Construction and history' and to a large site about the Battle of Hastings itself
• Translations of the Latin words and phrases are included along with the images

Where history happened: the Norman Conquest

• Find out about the Battle of Hastings and the other battles of 1066 and where they took place, in this online article from the BBC History magazine

The Norman Yoke (Radio Programme)

• Listen online to Melvyn Bragg and guests discussing 'The Norman yoke' in a radio programme of 2008, from the BBC's 'In our time' series

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