The Bayeux Tapestry

WALT – interpret the Bayeux Tapestry

Choose ONE of the pictures

• Edward the Confessor promising the throne to William

• The Comet• Harold’s death• Williams coronation

Draw the section you have chosen into your book and then in your own words describe what it shows

The Bayeux Tapestry

The ........................... Tapestry was commissioned by Bishop ......... In the ................s. ................... Odo was William of ........................’s .......... – brother.

The tapestry shows the ....................... ......................... of England. It gives us an ................... into the death of Edward the ......................, the ............ claimants to the throne and the ................. Of ....................... .

The tapestry is a ...................... source because it was made just after the event happened. The person who commissioned it to be ................. was actually at the battle.Insight Bayeux Battle 1070 Normandy primary

Odo Norman Conquest Bishop Confessor Hastings three made half

True or False1. Edward the Confessor was King of Scotland.2. Edward died in 1066.3. Harold Godwinson became King of England.4. William of Normandy was Edward the Confessors

brother-in-law.5. Harold Godwinson fought Harald Hardrada at the

Battle of Stamford Bridge.6. Tostig died at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.7. William of Normandy landed at Plymouth.8. Harold Godwinson won the Battle of Hastings.9. William of Normandy was crowned on Christmas

Day 1066.10.Harold Godwinson died with an arrow to his eye.

Write out the statements and indicate whether they are true of false. If they are false, underline the part of the sentence that is false.