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Category Archives: Bayeux Tapestry
Those Brutal Middle Ages
I read a scholarly article recently which suggested that medieval warriors suffered from post traumatic stress syndrome, just as modern soldiers do. It also proposed that the fighting men of the middle ages were not the brutal savages that we … Read More
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Surviving Despite the Odds: The Bayeux Tapestry
The Bayeux Tapestry, as you probably know, is not a tapestry. It’s an embroidery that tells the story of the Battle of Hastings and of the events leading up to it. The Tapestry is 224 feet long and roughly 18 … Read More
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Tagged Angl-Saxons, Art, Battle, history, Medieval, Normans
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