My thoughts on 1066 events

 The Narrative I Derive From the Bayeux Tapestry -  Final Summary Summation  Over the past three posts I have tried to convey my idea of what the Bayeux Tapestry is trying to say about the fateful day. I have tried to show that the scenes from 51 onwards can be grouped into four time stamped events - Initial contact, success at wiping out the Huscarls, initial contact with the main body and the subsequent victory on the field of battle.  I have brought in rarely corroborating evidence from other early reports because I needed to let my audience know that my ideas were not just flights of fancy but based on things that are out there.  There's a few things to point out. Scene 50 which contains just three people King Harold and the two "scouts" must be either a fanciful idea on the part of the Norman clergy or recorded by the English clergy accompanying Harold to the battle. No matter what, the three of them were not around at the end of the battle to question! I h...

    The Narrative I Derive From the Bayeux Tapestry   Introduction The first book I was given on the Battle of Hastings was D. M. Wilson's " The Bayeux Tapestry". It's a book that shows the Bayeux Tapestry on a 1:1 scale so it's very good at showing what is actually depicted on the Tapestry rather than what you are told it depicts. However, for the purposes of this article I will be using public domain images of the Tapestry ( from I mages on web site of Ulrich Harsh.  -  http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html  via Wikipedia_ tituli )  to illustrate my argument.  The Tapestry sits in a weird place in the scheme of things. It is not allowed to sit wholly in the Art scene as there seems to be only one interpretation allowed of it. But the Tapestry is also mistrusted as a source of historical record. A classic case of 'Heads you lose, tails I win'. Frame “None” (about 3 p.m.) Scene 53 Scene 54 Scene 55 This r...

  The Narrative I Derive From the Bayeux Tapestry   Introduction The first book I was given on the Battle of Hastings was D. M. Wilson's " The Bayeux Tapestry". It's a book that shows the Bayeux Tapestry on a 1:1 scale so it's very good at showing what is actually depicted on the Tapestry rather than what you are told it depicts. However, for the purposes of this article I will be using public domain images of the Tapestry ( from I mages on web site of Ulrich Harsh.  -  http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html  via Wikipedia_ tituli )  to illustrate my argument.  The Tapestry sits in a weird place in the scheme of things. It is not allowed to sit wholly in the Art scene as there seems to be only one interpretation allowed of it. But the Tapestry is also mistrusted as a source of historical record. A classic case of 'Heads you lose, tails I win'. Frame “Tierce” (about 9 a.m.) This includes Scenes 51a, 51b and 52...

The Narrative I Derive From the Bayeux Tapestry   Introduction The first book I was given on the Battle of Hastings was D. M. Wilson's " The Bayeux Tapestry". It's a book that shows the Bayeux Tapestry on a 1:1 scale so it's very good at showing what is actually depicted on the Tapestry rather than what you are told it depicts. However, for the purposes of this article I will be using public domain images ( from I mages on web site of Ulrich Harsh.  -  http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost11/Bayeux/bay_tama.html  via Wikipedia_ tituli)  of the Tapestry to illustrate my argument.  The Tapestry sits in a weird place in the scheme of things. It is not allowed to sit wholly in the Art scene as there seems to be only one interpretation allowed of it. But the Tapestry is also mistrusted as a source of historical record. A classic case of 'Heads you lose, tails I win'. The Bayeux Tapestry   This embroidery, to give its proper English n...