The Bayeux Tapestry

Bayeux's Tapestry, also known as the Tapestry of the Queen Matilde, is an embroidery of the 11th century realized in England that reports the Norman conquest of the islands from the victory of Guillermo Conquering on the Saxon troops of the King Harold in Hastings (1066).



The tapestry is composed by nine fragments that, joined, shape a graphical statement of 68,8 m of length, 50 cm of height about 350 kg of weight. According to the tradition the embroidery was realized by the Queen Matilde, wife of Guillermo, and his ladies of company, wherefrom his second name comes.



Though the principal topic constitutes it Hastings's own battle, including preparations as the construction of a fleet to cross the channel of the Spot and to invade the island, in these almost 70 m of length one finds a valuable source to know uses, customs, trades offices and own events of the Middle Ages, almost as if we saw them just now, across a window of the time.