Following the news that the Pompidou Centre is closing for five years, another famous French attraction is shutting down for ...

The tapestry depicts key moments in history from 1064 to 1066 — mainly the struggle between Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon king, and William ... giving his crown to Harold, but historians disagree ...

It narrowly escaped being cut to scraps ... is depicted twice in the Bayeux Tapestry, which famously narrates the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 when William, Duke of Normandy, challenged ...

It was commissioned to mark William the Conqueror's victory over Harold Godwinson. Tapestries are wonderful works of art woven on a loom. The famous Bayeux Tapestry, however, is an embroidery made ...

There's one historical artefact that tells us exactly why William the Conqueror thought he should be King of England. It's over 230 feet long and over 900 years old. Its the Bayeux Tapestry.

His residence Bosham, on the coast of West Sussex, is depicted twice in the Bayeux Tapestry. This famed piece of Medieval embroidery depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. William ...

No, it's not the latest Eastenders script but the Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered ... oath is but it is widely recognised as being in support of William of Normandy succeeding Edward as king ...

Led by William ... the Bayeux Tapestry is a 70m-long embroidered cloth and vital historical source. After the death of English King, Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwinson was crowned king ...

This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo, a close relative of William the Conqueror ...