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- It was woven by English embroiderers, so it was woven by the victims of the Norman Conquest.by Wildgoose
- Paywalledby lll-o-lll
- I never really understood why the tapestry is considered French. The Norman aristocracy at the time did not take orders from the French crown.by expedition32
- Strange article to make the front page - only two paragraphs long, and no images of the tapestry that it barely talks about.
Not to mention the title - the tapestry was embroidered, not woven (if you exclude the ground fabric, which by itself is just a piece of cloth).
by scoot - If you're interested to see some high resolution images of the tapestry there's one here [0] and Stefan Milo recently did a tour [1] which I really enjoyed - it captures a bit of the wonder that I imagine seeing it in person must evoke
[0] https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover...
by anitil