Battle of Hastings - Review of "The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis" Vol II Books III and IV"
The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis by kind permission via PCsclear I am using the translation by Marjorie Chibnall from the Oxford Medieval Texts. ( ISBN 0-19-820220-2). The page number of the English translation and the quotation are presented in bold. Page 173 “Several men of religion had come with the warriors from Normandy” Until I read this, I had no idea that Odo was not the only bishop to have come over with William. Orderic names the other bishop as Geoffrey of Coutances. This backs up what Wace wrote in his Roman de Rou. It further solidifies in my mind that the final Scenes of the Bayeux Tapestry from Scene 51 onwards are linked to specific times of the day. It may be that the group working on the Tapestry were working from notes made at the time of the battle(s) by observing clergy Page 173 “Battle was joined on 14 October at the third hou...