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The Ships are Blown by the Winds towards the territory of Count Guy of Ponthieu,...

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The Ships are Blown by the Winds towards the territory of Count Guy of Ponthieu, Bayeux Tapestry (wool embroidery on linen)
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English School, (11th century) / English
Location
Musée de la Tapisserie, Bayeux, France
Medium
wool embroidery on linen
Date
c. 1070 AD (C11th AD)
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Sewn by English women probably in Kent to a Norman brief, the embroidery illustrates the events leading to the Norman invasion and conquest of England by an army led by Duke William of Normandy and the death of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Harold's ships are blown into the Normandy lands of Count Wido where he is captured on landing Harold debarque

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