The Bayeux
Tapestry is a 70m (230 foot) long by 0.5m (20 inches) wide strip of
linen that contains a series of embroided pictures illustrating the
Norman invasion of England. The tapestry
includes pictures of 626 people, 190 horses, 37 ships and 33 buildings.
It is believed that Bishop
Odo,
William the Conqeror's half-brother, organised the making of the tapestry.
The embroidery was probably produced by a group of women from Canterbury
in Kent in about 1090. After the tapestry was finished, it was taken
to Bishop Odo's cathedral in Bayeux, France.
Harold
Godwinson swears fealty to William
of Normandy,
Bayeux Tapestry (c. 1090)
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