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Clothing and Textiles



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Farmers sowing in lower border of tapestry, where      
daily life goes on as kings and aristocracy battle     
in the center strip (11th).                            
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery.
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Farmers sowing in lower border of tapestry, where daily life goes on as ki...

William, Duke of Normandy, sends messengers to the Count on Ponthieu with orders for his release.                              
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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William, Duke of Normandy, sends messengers to the Count on Ponthieu with orders...

Duke William of Normandy gives orders                  
to his messengers to Guy de Ponthieu.                  
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Duke William of Normandy gives orders to his messengers to Guy...

Official negotiations between William,                 
Duke of Normandy, and King Harold II.                  
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Official negotiations between William, Duke of Normandy, and Ki...

Duke William's daughter Aelfgyve                       
is promised in marriage to King Harold II.                         
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Duke William's daughter Aelfgyve is promised in marriage...

Harold and Duke William of Normandy                    
cross the quicksands of the Couesnon                   
River near Mont Saint-Michel.                          
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Harold and Duke William of Normandy cross the quicksands of...

Death of Edward the Confessor.                         
Bayeux tapestry, embroidery (11th)
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Death of Edward the Confessor. Bayeux tapestry, embroid...

Chopping trees for the construction                    
of the Norman fleet.                                   
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Chopping trees for the construction of the Norman fleet....

Construction of the Norman ships.                      
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Construction of the Norman ships. Bayeux Tapestry, embroid...

Constructing the Norman Fleet.                         
Detail of 31-01-01/24                                  
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Constructing the Norman Fleet. Detail of 31-01-01/24...

Soldiers (or local helpers) shoulder shovels           
to dig trenches and build a fortified camp.            
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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Soldiers (or local helpers) shoulder shovels to dig trenches and buil...

King Harold's brothers, Lewine and Gyrd,               
die in battle.                                         
Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery (11th).
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King Harold's brothers, Lewine and Gyrd, die in battle....