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A Long and Illustrious History › The Middle Ages
What is the significance of the Bayeux Tapestry?
- It is an embroidered cloth depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest including the Battle of Hastings
- It was made to celebrate the signing of Magna Carta
- It illustrates scenes from the life of St George
- It depicts the life of Alfred the Great
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The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth approximately 70 metres long that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It was likely created in England in the 11th century and is now displayed in Bayeux, Normandy. It is one of the most important historical documents of the medieval period.