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Battle of Hastings

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman conquest of England in 1066. (Photo by DEA/M. SEEMULLER via Getty Images)
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The Bayeux Tapestry now and in the future

Harold Godwinson’s two eldest sons fled to Ireland after the Battle of Hastings, where they lived as guests of the King of Leinster. (Photo by Duncan1890 via Getty Images)
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Q&A What happened to Harold Godwinson’s children after the Battle of Hastings?

Norman cavalry charge the enemy in this detail from the Bayeux Tapestry. Debate rages over the pros and cons of the tapestry leaving France for the first time in more than 900 years. (Photo by Photo 12/Getty Images)
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Will the Bayeux Tapestry actually come to Britain?

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The story of the Bayeux Tapestry

A scene depicted on the 11th-century Bayeux Tapestry.
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Bayeux Tapestry to be loaned to the UK: historians react

The charging Norman cavalry shown in glorious technicolour at the battle of Hastings in this masterpiece of storytelling. (Art Archive)
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How English is the Bayeux Tapestry?

The Harrying of the North. Gouache on paper, by Patrick Nicolle (1907–95). Private collection. (© Look and Learn/Bridgeman Images)
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Occupation, resistance, subjugation: the bloody aftermath of 1066

Battle of Hastings. (Neil Holmes/Getty Images)
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Q&A: If the battle of Hastings had never taken place, would British history have been any different?

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The Norman Conquest

The battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066. (Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo)
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1066 – how the Viking diversion cost Harold his throne

Events leading up to the battle of Hastings, and the conflict itself, are depicted in the Bayeux tapestry, a 68-metre-long embroidered frieze probably made within 20 years of the Conquest. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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Bayeux unravelled: the scenes behind the threads

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In pictures: medieval battles

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Bid to uncover battle of Hastings remains

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Video: Marc Morris on the Norman Conquest

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