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  • @denwill5975
    @denwill5975 6 лет назад +904

    who else is watching this for homework or at school?

  • @delavalmilker
    @delavalmilker 3 года назад +91

    To realize that this was made by people only a few years after the actual event. Even some that may have witnessed the battle. Or lost male family members to it. Even more amazing that it has survived to this day. Very few pieces of early medieval needlework have survived. And none as extensive as this.

    • @tamaracarter1836
      @tamaracarter1836 3 года назад +9

      Yes and it is widely believed to have been embroidered by Anglo-Saxon women in and around the city of Canterbury (South-East England), which although not exactly next door, isn’t too far away from where it actually took place in the towns of “Hastings” and “Battle”.

    • @ticccat4869
      @ticccat4869 Год назад

      Medieval?? Bruh 💀💀

    • @Brosyphus
      @Brosyphus Год назад +2

      @@ticccat4869 What?

    • @notthatguypal14
      @notthatguypal14 10 месяцев назад

      What? ​@@ticccat4869

  • @LindaJB2
    @LindaJB2 4 года назад +19

    Saw this at the museum in June 2009 when I visited France. The museum gave us each a hand-held audio player. Above each section of the panel is a number. As you walk along the panel listening to the recording, it will tell you the story behind each panel. It was very interesting and the panel was huge. They didn't allow photography of any kind inside the museum.

  • @selsureya4338
    @selsureya4338 7 лет назад +54

    The Bayeux Tapestry, a historical record created in the 11th century, is the only masterpiece
    of its kind in the world. The most extraordinary thing about it is its sheer size. It is a huge
    embroidered piece of linen cloth measuring 70 metres long and 50 metres high. The pictures
    tell the story of the conquest of England, by William the Conqueror in 1066. The designers
    sectioned the story into 72 separate scenes, which begin with the King of England, Edward the
    Confessor, shown close to death in 1064 and ends with the crushing defeat of the Anglo-
    Saxons by the Normans at Hastings on the south coast of England. It shows King Harold with
    an arrow in his eye. The scenes which include battles kidnappings ransoms are embroidered in
    rich colours which bears no resemblance to reality. Animals, for example, can be depicted in
    blue, green or yellow. For many years the tapestry, which served as a decoration in the
    cathedral at Bayeux, was little known outside the town. Today, after being meticulously
    repaired, it is on display for tourists.

    • @zoetropo1
      @zoetropo1 7 лет назад +1

      selsureya: Alan Rufus is consistently depicted in a tunic of specific style and colours, and he appears in many scenes. He had connections with the Scolland family which included the chief illuminator of Mont St-Michel Abbey who became Abbot of St Augustine's Canterbury where much, if not all, of the BT was embroidered. I only recognised Alan in the BT when I cross-referenced with other near-contemporary sources such as Domesday.
      The BT is more specific about Brittany than Normandy, as some historians have noticed.

    • @zoetropo1
      @zoetropo1 6 лет назад +1

      Domesday Book is unique too. What they have in common is the genius of Breton masterminds: Scolland the famed illustrator at the Abbeys of Mont St Michel and St Augustine’s Canterbury for the BT, while the DB was the brainchild of the innovative polymath Count Alan Rufus (who appears often on the BT).

    • @paristexas420
      @paristexas420 5 лет назад +2

      Yeah thats exactly what I learned on the first lesson talking about it.

    • @marcomuccetti8108
      @marcomuccetti8108 4 года назад +5

      The linen cloth measure 70 metres long and 50 cm. high, not 50 mt.

    • @stormfaze5426
      @stormfaze5426 3 года назад

      Can u be my history teacher

  • @PoutineItalienne
    @PoutineItalienne 13 лет назад +31

    I just saw the bayeux tapestry today, he is basically only repeating what the audio guide they give you is saying word of word lol

  • @PhilAEG
    @PhilAEG 11 лет назад +49

    Can't believe the BBC didn't mention embroidery scene 33 on the Bayeux tapestry showing Halley's comet in 1066 !

    • @zoetropo1
      @zoetropo1 7 лет назад +4

      Refractor Phill: Documentaries miss most of the interesting details. They are too busy putting a predetermined view across.

    • @kylerim1485
      @kylerim1485 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah

    • @jakubjilek3767
      @jakubjilek3767 4 года назад

      this video luckily mentions it
      ruclips.net/video/bDaB-NNyM8o/видео.html&feature=emb_title

  • @amb4377
    @amb4377 2 года назад +4

    I was reading about Halley's comet, and here I am. Fascinating.

  • @skycloud4802
    @skycloud4802 Год назад +3

    I find the retelling through the tapestry far more interesting than the usual blurry motion reenactment clips tacked on to other documentaries (often depicting Hollywood tropes). I can visualize better through the needlework. It feels more real and authentic to me. More tactful.

  • @paristexas420
    @paristexas420 5 лет назад +43

    Omg we watched it in school today and I just came back for 1:04 lmao

    • @voidpaladin6669
      @voidpaladin6669 4 года назад

      ań czeq ooohhhh I see it now

    • @blrrrrd
      @blrrrrd 4 года назад +3

      y’all gay

    • @trungoba797
      @trungoba797 3 года назад

      Same

    • @jamie8037
      @jamie8037 3 года назад +5

      You're a perverted little girl

    • @xzjxck6818
      @xzjxck6818 3 года назад +1

      @@jamie8037 thats class on another level

  • @zoetropo1
    @zoetropo1 6 лет назад +8

    During the battle, when William shows his face, h's on a different coloured horse than the one he commenced battle on. The Norman chroniclers have an explanation for this: his first horse was killed and he was thrown onto the ground. That's why his men thought him slain. The English were pushing forward, and Earl Gyrth advanced on William's position. That's when the Normans began to flee, so their own record says. They disingenuously blamed the Bretons for this predicament, but we can see the Breton cavalry overpowering the men of both Earls, Leofwine and Gyrth. The Breton leader, Count Alan Rufus, is shown personally confronting Gyrth. This is confirmed by Domesday Book which informs us that William and Alan divided the lion's share of Gyrth's estates between them.

  • @junhaochen8333
    @junhaochen8333 3 года назад +19

    I mean this is cool and all, but my teacher is so strict :(

  • @mythicalness
    @mythicalness 14 лет назад +22

    i fell asleep during this slide in my art history class, thank god for this video, cuz i am not gonna read the book

  • @LOLO-tj4rm
    @LOLO-tj4rm 6 лет назад +5

    FANTASTIC TAPESTRY !

  • @MHS-ql7ee
    @MHS-ql7ee Месяц назад +1

    This host took some creative licence

  • @Freethebird0934
    @Freethebird0934 Год назад +3

    Crazy how they did art knitting this good

    • @ruthmaryrose
      @ruthmaryrose Год назад +1

      Well, embroidery, but yes it’s truly amazing and it’s been maintained for so long! What a wonderful way to remember their history.

  • @tyzwain
    @tyzwain 15 лет назад +8

    at 2:44
    OMG he didn't just insinuate that the Normam Conquerers ate chicken kebabs?

  • @IndifferentSky
    @IndifferentSky 11 лет назад +25

    Is anyone else here because they are direct descendants of William the Conqueror? I am, and I'm sure there's a million more.

  • @zooeyhall
    @zooeyhall 11 лет назад +2

    What is amazing is the fact of the survival of the tapestry. Very few pieces of medieval textiles have managed to come down to us, most having been destroyed over the centuries. And yet here we have what basically amounts to a "comic strip" illustrating the momentous event of Hastings. And even more remarkably, created by people only a few years after the event--just as the narrator states.

  • @kaysokla1421
    @kaysokla1421 4 года назад +2

    Thanks this really helped me

  • @davidjuson5608
    @davidjuson5608 5 месяцев назад +1

    An early example of the limitations of VAR. Although, in fairness, sewing live action on a battlefield was over ambitious.

  • @patriciapasadena
    @patriciapasadena Год назад +3

    Fantastic embroidery! Created by a group of unknown women. A true display of female genius!

  • @RMess33
    @RMess33 7 лет назад +4

    Why am I not surprised BBC didn't mentioned the text of the tapestry?

    • @zoetropo1
      @zoetropo1 6 лет назад +1

      Carpe Diem: ok, I’ll bite. Why did the BBC neglect the Latin text?

    • @MilkyWay-xg8mx
      @MilkyWay-xg8mx 5 лет назад +3

      BBC didn’t mention Comet Halley

  • @2Snowz
    @2Snowz 4 года назад +8

    i was there and i was with my crush all the time
    and i was the 1:04 and me and her was like LMAO

  • @laurentbessac2687
    @laurentbessac2687 4 года назад

    Mervelous Tapestry of Bayeux, Fantastic !

  • @nancyburch4413
    @nancyburch4413 5 лет назад

    This is brilliant! It will allow me to view the tapestry with a clearer understanding.

    • @sussysusser3535
      @sussysusser3535 4 года назад +1

      Who else is watching this beocuse of home work😪😪

    • @viralclips.002
      @viralclips.002 3 года назад +1

      @@sussysusser3535 lol me

  • @kaysokla1421
    @kaysokla1421 4 года назад +2

    I LOVE THIS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHOWING ME!!!!

  • @BiggestHaterInExistence
    @BiggestHaterInExistence Год назад +1

    Pov: your revising for the test yo forgot about and its tomorrow bit your in a car so you have to do the revision on you phone because you won't have time to do it when you get home as it will be almost midnight

  • @Amber90125
    @Amber90125 4 года назад

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @andreasschutz8624
    @andreasschutz8624 11 лет назад +23

    1:04

  • @alylilo1678
    @alylilo1678 2 года назад +3

    This is my homework😭

  • @Richyhello
    @Richyhello 14 лет назад +2

    The most recent episode of The seven ages of Britain was on on Sunday the 7th of March, it is now Thursday the

  • @keiraamelie863
    @keiraamelie863 7 лет назад +1

    I am learning about this at school

  • @ellisandadelaide9658
    @ellisandadelaide9658 10 лет назад +15

    I have to revise for a history test on the battle oh hastings!

    • @littlekato5825
      @littlekato5825 7 лет назад +1

      me 2 its why im here right now

    • @zoetropo1
      @zoetropo1 7 лет назад

      mr meeseeks: the BT has a lot of fine details which are confirmed by other sources. To an objective eye, the story it relates shows Breton influence. They had nothing personal against Harold or the English. According to Domesday, the Breton leader in England, Alan Rufus, promoted large numbers of Englishmen over Normans. He was a favourite of the ladies of all nationalities because of his courtesy.
      In 1088 most Norman magnates rebelled but Alan, his Breton colleagues and the English defeated them. In 1091 Alan was with the English army that conquered Normandy: 1066 in reverse! He was truly a remarkable fellow.

    • @amongusfriends8018
      @amongusfriends8018 4 года назад

      Omg same

  • @diamond1897
    @diamond1897 14 лет назад +3

    I saw this Tapestry very recently and this clip (as good as it it) doesn't really capture it's magnificence.

  • @JOLENE2008
    @JOLENE2008 4 года назад +1

    awesome

  • @Oscar301
    @Oscar301 14 лет назад +1

    a wonderful documentary series this. the only downside is the annoying soundtrack that the BBC has laid on thick, its like some broad sweeping production of Braveheart or Rob Roy or somesuch rather than a load of old relics. thanks

  • @lydiaford8557
    @lydiaford8557 3 года назад +2

    Thanks to my history teacher :)

  • @velocity4794
    @velocity4794 3 года назад +3

    POV:you have this for hw

  • @nohosanunataliarhutso4650
    @nohosanunataliarhutso4650 4 года назад +7

    My English teacher sent me here🙄

    • @sunilraina160
      @sunilraina160 8 месяцев назад +1

      Mine was history 😢😢😢

    • @The_Reaper101
      @The_Reaper101 5 месяцев назад

      @@sunilraina160same 💀

  • @EthanRobinson-q7y
    @EthanRobinson-q7y Год назад +1

    what a dramatic blanket! LOL

  • @AryanAleviZaza
    @AryanAleviZaza 13 лет назад +6

    thus it is the same for the handful of Vikings who settled in Normandy, France! They were not many did not as a rule women or children with them!
    They are quick to take local women and are thus mixed with the locals! And two-generation language and Scandinavian culture disappeared! no more than the Scandinavian name of Norman! As there remains the name of the Franks of France, Burgundy and the name of Burgundy! That is why the Normans are French!

  • @propriolui7750
    @propriolui7750 3 года назад

    anybody knows the name of the song or ost used here?

  • @_Yin_Yang_00
    @_Yin_Yang_00 3 года назад +2

    I had to do this for my history lesson ) :

  • @rajarb2487
    @rajarb2487 9 лет назад +4

    what happened after harold having an arrow in his eye !! ?? o_o

  • @shakespearaamina9117
    @shakespearaamina9117 3 года назад +1

    Wow ❤️❤️

  • @kyukyoku2852
    @kyukyoku2852 3 года назад +3

    1:04 jesus christ thats a bit wonky

  • @vansfilms.
    @vansfilms. 4 года назад

    Anyone knows what does it tell is about the medieval period? Please answer!!

    • @alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838
      @alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838 4 года назад +1

      Hi! What do you mean? It was commissioned by the norman aristocracy to depict the process to the invasion of Britain in 1066. What do you wanna know I’ll answer what I can

  • @lolybuenosaires
    @lolybuenosaires 4 года назад

    someone knows why they built a castle of wood in hasting?

    • @enzoschulmeister5967
      @enzoschulmeister5967 4 года назад

      I don't know jajaja I'm lying i did that question on the other account

  • @freycolombo9238
    @freycolombo9238 3 года назад +1

    POV: you've got homework

  • @hollygrace1745
    @hollygrace1745 5 лет назад

    yes

  • @TemplarX2
    @TemplarX2 14 лет назад +2

    @TheTVLicence Well the English made it, but since it was ordered and possibly paid for by the Normans, it is rightfully French. That's why it's called the Bayeux Tapestry.

  • @j6mes
    @j6mes 3 года назад +3

    POV: you're tryping to find a 12 year comment

  • @DPaulPa
    @DPaulPa 7 месяцев назад

    Bloody academics !!!
    Who made this masterpiece? Who commissioned it? When? Where? How?

  • @recreoanacronista
    @recreoanacronista 14 лет назад

    Impressive!!!

  • @iNoVHD
    @iNoVHD 11 лет назад +5

    I like 1.04

  • @tomotoole5256
    @tomotoole5256 4 года назад

    class

  • @lissettemaldonado2581
    @lissettemaldonado2581 4 года назад

    Interesting

  • @The_Reaper101
    @The_Reaper101 5 месяцев назад

    Have to watch this 💀

  • @Blightyish
    @Blightyish 11 лет назад +1

    -exactly the sort of reply one would expect from an American.

  • @Foltun
    @Foltun 13 лет назад +2

    @Lestakeo Hahaha merci bien! :D

  • @rajarb2487
    @rajarb2487 9 лет назад +2

    what is harold's oath to william ?

    • @zoetropo1
      @zoetropo1 7 лет назад

      Raja Rb: Harold swore over two cabinets containing holy relics, to support William's claim to the English throne. One account is that he didn't know what was in the two boxes. The BT shows Alan Rufus about to say something, but Bishop Odo of Bayeux shushes him.
      Alan and Odo would come to blows spectacularly in 1088 over the treatment of the English.

  • @callumquinn1207
    @callumquinn1207 11 лет назад

    Thanks very much but does anyone know where Duke Conan comes into the story?

    • @zoetropo1
      @zoetropo1 7 лет назад +1

      Callum Quinn: Duke Conan appears in scenes 18 and 20 of the 58 scenes that are numbered on the backing of the embroidery.
      Historically, Conan was a son of Alan III, Duke of Brittany and Guardian of Normandy during William's childhood. Conan reasoned that since he was a legitimate descendant of Duke Richard I of Normandy, he should be Duke there too. But Conan was opposed by his uncle Eudon who had ruled Brittany from about 1040 to 1057. Eudon allied with William, so Conan besieged Dol inside Eudon's territory. This is where William's Breton campaign enters the picture: it was to relieve the siege. Conan continued to build his army and in late 1066, while William was in England, Conan invaded Anjou, capturing its northern fortresses with astonishing ease, then heading north to Mayenne on the road toward Caen in Normandy. On 11 December 1066, Conan died, allegedly from donning poisoned riding gloves. William was blamed, but I suspect Roger II of Montgomery whose family were notorious for this method of assassination.

  • @larjgoose
    @larjgoose 3 года назад

    hi Mr Duke

  • @undrgrnd734
    @undrgrnd734 3 года назад

    1:04 big mood

  • @TheAssasinkid
    @TheAssasinkid 13 лет назад

    @sugarraygras wow because that was a very original comment to make. I don't doubt that my friends two year old brother could come up with a better insult.

  • @mofactz8992
    @mofactz8992 3 года назад +1

    who's here in 2021?

  • @Hetshah_
    @Hetshah_ 12 лет назад

    yea i knw in our school our teacher was like dont tell antone i said this but is name was BASTARD. He litterally wispered it and hal of us didnt knw what he was saying but then he said it louder

  • @2001ALS2008
    @2001ALS2008 15 лет назад +3

    leant bout dis @ skool
    xD

  • @sussysusser3535
    @sussysusser3535 4 года назад +11

    Who else is watching this beocuse of homework😪😪😪💀

  • @mia-rk6mk
    @mia-rk6mk 4 года назад +2

    How did Harold Godwinson die? I need to collect opinions for homework!

    • @NEVSTEEL
      @NEVSTEEL 3 года назад +1

      He got hit by an arrow in the head then a Norman slider chopped his leg of with a sword

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 3 года назад

      @@NEVSTEEL This is not correct. You are confusing the Anglo-Saxon Hauscarls with his huge war axe, to the right of Harold. See the Bayeux Tapestry again !

  • @toppertruthio
    @toppertruthio 11 лет назад

    oh right

  • @ॐSrimanArcharyaJBC
    @ॐSrimanArcharyaJBC 2 года назад +1

    The Bayeux Tapestry = The war for creating Roads with copied routes from Ancient India. The road routes turned into the London Bus Services and bus numbers. I can fully balance the equation of history with my Hindu Mathematical Knowledge. During this time many settlements where in the way of the planned roads and so many union wars started with the coach services unions and inhabitants. I can fully translate the script. My Ancestor is seen in the tapestry with his hand in the Sky. If you super impose the London bus route to Chitrod India then the first 100 stations and towns would be translated fully to London. KingsCross is Chitrod. 🤴🏽🕉🔺➕

  • @HolyEyeWasHere
    @HolyEyeWasHere 5 лет назад

    I wonder what this would go for at auction.

  • @daaniyalx2936
    @daaniyalx2936 6 лет назад +1

    My teacher put this on in history class when the snoz came up everyone laughed ....... we got detention

  • @sugarraygras
    @sugarraygras 13 лет назад

    @TheAssasinkid If you dont know where we've been you dont know where we are going. This shit is why things are the way they are.

  • @tqmw2256
    @tqmw2256 3 года назад +2

    history vid go brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

    • @vlqx6827
      @vlqx6827 3 года назад

      im gay 1:04

    • @tqmw2256
      @tqmw2256 3 года назад

      @@vlqx6827 screenshots have been taken

    • @vlqx6827
      @vlqx6827 3 года назад

      @@tqmw2256 isa jokE

    • @0iqwizard622
      @0iqwizard622 3 года назад

      @@vlqx6827 ok

  • @garytucker5748
    @garytucker5748 4 года назад

    Saxon Kings wore a mustache.

  • @ChocoMilk.o_o
    @ChocoMilk.o_o 3 года назад

    1:04 Ummm...

  • @eshalshaik6
    @eshalshaik6 3 года назад

    Anyone her in 2021 .... just me ok

  • @olliecain6315
    @olliecain6315 7 лет назад +3

    its a woppa

  • @2001ALS2008
    @2001ALS2008 14 лет назад

    @creaton1976
    same goes for u
    pity is spelt with 1 t

  • @billsaa2069
    @billsaa2069 5 лет назад

    @Magic Musically

  • @Choclatemilkstir
    @Choclatemilkstir 12 лет назад +1

    We can't technically know whether or not though this really happened, because William could have easily of changed the story to make himself look more victorius then he really was!

  • @IkarusZmedieval
    @IkarusZmedieval 11 лет назад

    It is comet.

  • @haydendasey
    @haydendasey 6 лет назад

    Explain the perspectives of the creators.
    please help for school!

  • @tinkster5556
    @tinkster5556 4 года назад

    2020 glad?

  • @Isagiyochi395
    @Isagiyochi395 Год назад

    Who here from the new Vinland saga episode?

  • @AkkuSBZ
    @AkkuSBZ 3 года назад

    Woah

  • @anneporter7720
    @anneporter7720 3 года назад +2

    who else heats history

    • @paymanrasul4055
      @paymanrasul4055 3 года назад

      I actually find it quite interesting! ':D

  • @alexehbilbo
    @alexehbilbo 5 лет назад

    the drama

  • @ava-jt9xk
    @ava-jt9xk 4 года назад

    Came here because of history lmfaoo

  • @TheLloydA1
    @TheLloydA1 11 лет назад

    Probably because we are told in our society and by the rest of the world including America that tells us we should not be proud.

  • @AryanAleviZaza
    @AryanAleviZaza 14 лет назад

    @MrJST87 Yes the population of England largely remain Celt after the Anglo-Saxons invasion or Normans invasion!!

    • @RayB1656
      @RayB1656 3 года назад

      Very different timeline ! The Celtic tribes , then the Romans , then , the arrival of the Germanic tribes , Angles and Saxons ! The population remained Anglo-Saxon after the Normans Invasion of 1066.

  • @oneangryboi408
    @oneangryboi408 2 года назад

    I would've been the one jackass who knitted the naked guy.

  • @MariapatriciaCepeda
    @MariapatriciaCepeda 8 месяцев назад

    ❤😂

  • @Miky_Long
    @Miky_Long 9 лет назад +1

    Yeeee

  • @PimpinPandaYT
    @PimpinPandaYT 9 лет назад

    G'day mate

  • @EnglishHuscarl
    @EnglishHuscarl 13 лет назад

    @AuxaneD It wasn't a French colony at all, it continued to be a Kingdom in it's own right, the French King had no authority in England. In fact, the French support of William completely backfired on them, because French lands were now the property of the English Kings.

    • @kurochigo
      @kurochigo Год назад +1

      french invasion and rule of england ?

  • @billsaa2069
    @billsaa2069 5 лет назад

    Me

  • @weirdybeardy8173
    @weirdybeardy8173 6 лет назад +3

    Why not to feed his men, Order a medieval McDonalds?