Bayeux Tapestry 101
Entertaining online lecture from the British Museum telling the story of the Norman Conquest as it appears on the Bayeux Tapestry. The lecture was given by Michael Lewis and David Musgrove who I have heard a few times now and who have written a book on the tapestry. They are always worth hearing again as they are a good double act. The event came live from the Reading Room shortly before the exhibition opened and there was added excitement as a government emergency alarm went off during it! The began by addressing some of the obvious questions about the work such as who had it made and why and then they took us though the story as it appears on the tapestry, pointing out ambiguities and where it differs from the few written sources. There was a lively question and answer session afterwards which included how much it might have cost, whether the English female embroiders added their own touches, the possible meaning of the borders and how the Normans and the Saxons are delineated...