Tag archives for 1066
The Bayeux Tapestry: expert academic reveals 1066 saga’s subversive seam
The Bayeux tapestry is widely regarded as propaganda by the victorious Norman overlords, celebrating their victory over the Saxons. Professor Gale Owen -Crocker holds up a section of a copy…
Quick march: Intrepid trio plan to ‘yomp’ like Saxons
Forget walking like an Egyptian, or moving like Jagger, to mark the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings an intrepid trio of latter-day Saxons are aiming to recreate a…
To the ghosts of 1066
By Sophie Shaw Jane Packman and Ben Pacey, cofounders Dens and Signals The Feast of the Dead is nearly here, but what can we expect from this most unusual of…