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Bayeux Tapestry

France · Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1077Date range
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Chronological records

1077

Odo of Bayeux1077

Bayeux · Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars

Commissioned by Williams half brother, Bishop Odo, possibly completed by 1077 in time for display on the cathedrals dedication. Assuming Odo commissioned the tapestry, it was probably designed and constructed in England by Anglo-Saxon artists given that Odos main power base was in Kent

Names involved

Odo of Bayeux

Provenance

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