Often referred to as the world’s most famous medieval artwork, the Bayeux Tapestry is both ... and his army killing Harold Godwinson, or Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, at ...

instructing his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson to travel to Normandy to offer the throne to William, a distant cousin, ...

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 ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, a 230-foot-long linen cloth crafted in the eleventh century, depicts scenes from William the Conqueror’s invasion of England and his defeat of Harold Godwinson, England’s ...

Duke of Normandy defeated an English army led by Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson. The battle set in motion the Norman conquest of England, an event which profoundly affected European history. The ...

To top it off, William declared that in 1064, Harold Godwinson had sworn loyalty to him on sacred relics, as illustrated on the greatest of all surviving Norman records, the Bayeux Tapestry.