The Bayeux Tapestry

Ann Margit SeppXI B

British LiteratureTallinn French School

2009

What? When? Who? Where? Why?

The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidery that is about 70 metres long and consists of 8 separate pieces of linen.

It was commissioned by bishop Odo after the battle of Hastings in 1066

It was created in an embroidery either in Canterbury or Winchester

It Tells the story of the Norman Conquest

It Is a very important historical document

A Section of the Bayeux Tapestry: "Duke William's men fight against the men of Dinan."

MEDIEVAL ROMANCES

King Arthur

MEDIEVAL ROMANCES

RELATED TO THE MIDDLE AGES (=THE PERIOD IN EUROPEAN HISTORY FROM ABOUT 600 AD TO AD 1500

A STORY OF EXCITING EVENTS, ESPECIALLY ONE WRITTEN OR SET IN THE PAST

SOURCE: Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

Medieval RomancesMAIN THEMES:

• King Arthur & Knights & the Holy Grail

• Charlemagne and Roland

• Alexander the Great

Main characteristics• Medieval romance usually tells tales

about knights/chivalry• Medieval romance idealizes a hero,

most often a knight and his deeds • The places where the stories take place

are often imaginary. • A knight almost always has an object of

love, a lady• Usually mysterious, supernatural

elements