History Art / TheBayeuxTapestry

It depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of UsefulNotes/{{England}} and concerns William, [[UsefulNotes/TheHouseOfNormandy Duke of Normandy]] (known as "[[TheMagnificent William the Conqueror]]" after the battle), and Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, later King of England as Harold II, and culminates in the conquest itself and the battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066. It was made within a few years after the battle and ended up named after Bayeux, the UsefulNotes/{{Fr|ance}}ench city it was kept in the cathedral of for centuries, but it is now agreed to have been made in England.

* BattleEpic: A 70-meter embroidery recounting the conquest of England by the Normans, culminating in the battle of Hastings. Its main characters are William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, and Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex who becomes the King of England.

* {{Retcon}}: Scholars believe that the current final scene of the tapestry, depicting the English knights fleeing after King Harold's death demoralised them, was a modification added during a period of diplomatic turmoil between England & France in the 18th century; drawings of the tapestry made prior to that era have a different ending.

** There are several people who are merely identified and cannot be historically sourced elsewhere; finding out any further details about them is impossible without more documentation being discovered.

* NoodleIncident: At one section, a caption reads "Here Ælfgyva and a cleric...", leaving what they did unexplained. The associated scene shows a cleric apparently smacking a woman in the face; a nearby marginal depiction of a naked man squatting, also with his hand out-thrust, has been linked to it by scholars.

* NoodleIncident: At one section, a caption reads "Here Æ lfgyva and a cleric...", leaving what they did unexplained. The associated scene shows a cleric apparently smacking a woman in the face; a nearby marginal depiction of a naked man squatting, also with his hand out-thrust, has been linked to it by scholars.

* NoodleIncident: At one section, a caption reads "Here Ælfgyva and a cleric...", leaving what they did unexplained. The associated scene shows a cleric apparently smacking a woman in the face; a nearby marginal depiction of a naked man squatting, also with his hand out-thrust, has been linked to it by scholars.

* HistoricalRetcon: Scholars believe that the current final scene of the tapestry, depicting the English knights fleeing after King Harold's death demoralised them, was a modification added during a period of diplomatic turmoil between England & France in the 18th century; drawings of the tapestry made prior to that era have a different ending.

* NoodleIncident: At one section, a caption reads "Here Ælfgyva and a cleric...", leaving what they did unexplained. The associated scene shows a cleric apparently smacking a woman in the face; a nearby marginal depiction of a naked man squatting, also with his hand out-thrust, has been linked to it by scholars.

** The origin of the thing. The first historical record of it dates to the 14th century, over 300 years after its supposed manufacture. Its commissioner and original display location are matters of conjecture.

* NoodleIncident: At one section, a caption reads "Here Ælfgyva and a cleric...", leaving what they did unexplained. The associated scene shows a cleric apparently smacking a woman in the face; a nearby marginal depiction of a naked man squatting, also with his hand out-thrust, has been linked to it by scholars.

** There are several people who are merely identifed and cannot be historically sourced elsewhere; finding out any further details about them is impossible without more documentation being discovered.

* NoodleIncident: At one section, a caption reads "Here Ælfgyva and a cleric...", leaving what they did unexplained. The associated scene shows a cleric apparently smacking a woman in the face; a nearby marginal depiction of a naked man squatting, also with his hand out-thrust, has been linked to it by scholars.

* EyeScream: Harold is depicted as being killed by an arrow shot in the eye.

* NoodleIncident: At one section, a caption reads "Here Ælfgyva and a cleric...", leaving what they did unexplained. The associated scene shows a cleric apparently smacking a woman in the face; a nearby marginal depiction of a naked man squatting, also with his hand out-thrust, has been linked to it by scholars.

* MoeGreeneSpecial: The tapestry depicts King Harold as going out like this, as a figure is shown apparently with an arrow in their eye, with the caption ''Harold rex interfectus est'' (King Harold is killed). Of course, since the tapestry is believed to be an abstract retelling, it's possible he didn't actually die this way, and needle marks suggest the arrow may have been something else before someone modified it.

* NoodleIncident: At one section, a caption reads "Here Ælfgyva and a cleric...", leaving what they did unexplained. The associated scene shows a cleric apparently smacking a woman in the face; a nearby marginal depiction of a naked man squatting, also with his hand out-thrust, has been linked to it by scholars.