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The Battle of Hastings 1066
...as seen through the Bayeux Tapestry
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Who is this? What do you think is going on in
this scene?
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What is going on here? What clue does the
writing give us?
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Who is meeting here?Can you find a clue in the
writing?
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What is going on in this important scene?(Click
on the area shown to see a bigger version)
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Here Harold arrives home from Normandy and sets
off to see King Edward.
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Who is shown here? (Click on the area shown to
see a bigger version)
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What can you now tell about the King?
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What is going on here?
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Duke William (sat on the left) has ordered his
men to begin what work? Why do you think that
he has done this?
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What are these servants loading onto Williams
boats?
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Here Williams boats cross the English Channel.
They landed on the southern coast at a place
called Pevensey. Can you find evidence on the
tapestry to tell us this?
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Once the troops were ashore, they had many jobs
to do. What activities are going on to the right
of this slide?
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• What are the men doing on the left of the slide?
  (Click on the area shown to see a bigger version)
  
• What is going on in the centre of the slide?
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Here the Norman army leave for the battle.What
evidence is there in the scene to prove these are
Normans?
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What two Norman fighting methods can you spot in
this slide?
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Here the Normans and Saxons meet on the
battlefield. How can we recognise the Saxon
soldiers?
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How can you tell that the battle was very
violent?
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What evidence is there in the slide that the
Norman cavalry found the battlefield conditions
difficult?
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• This is a very important scene from the battle.
• What place is seen on the left?
• 2. Who is the man circled and what is he doing?

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Here we can see the turning point of the
battle. The Saxons (red circle) having left the
safety of Senlac Hill and the phalanx (shield
wall) are easily defeated by the Norman Cavalry
on flat ground.
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Here is the most famous scene of the tapestry. It
shows the death of Harold, but how did he die?
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version)
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Here we can see the end of the battle. What are
the Saxons doing?
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are any questions you have missed.
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• Can you tell how Harold died from this picture?
• 2. How do we know that this man is Harold?
• 3. What is going on underneath the main scene?

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What are these men doing?
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Who are these men and what are they doing?
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What is Harold holding? Why are they significant?
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What can you tell about this man? Look closely
at the way he is dressed and the way in which he
sits.
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You should remember this as it is a very
important part of the story.
1. Who are these 2 men? 2. What is the man on
the right doing?