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Select Scenes from the Bayuex Tapestry
The scenes below have been selected to give the viewer a sampling of interesting images in the complete tapestry.
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Harold Godwinson and his entourage leave London.
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Warrior about to experience Excedrin Headache #169
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A contemporary artist's conception of the heavy fighting at the Battle of Hastings
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Eleventh-century vessels
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Fierce Fighting between Normans and Anglo-Saxons
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Cavalry engaging a phalanx-type deployment.
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On the right side of this scene is the mysterious Lady Aelfgyva
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An Anglo-Saxon axe man could bring down Norman horse and rider with one blow.
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Mace-wielding cavalryman
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Funeral ceremony of Edward the Confessor
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Bishop Odo of Bayeux, brandishing a mace, enters the fray.
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Plate armor replaces chain mail.
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Normans torch an Anglo-Saxon residence
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Norman cavalry and archers continue the attack.
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Norman Cavalry Charge
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Norman cavalry charge the Royal Standard of King Harold
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Norman cavalry and archers
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The controversial scene depicting the death of King Harold.
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Norman cavalry attack ax-wielding Anglo-Saxons
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King Edward the Confessor sends Earl Harold on a mission to Normandy
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King Harold's brothers, Leofwine and Gyrth
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The mysterious Lady Aelfgyva
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Feigned Flight?
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Earl Harold and Duke William with their sporting birds.
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