The Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry is about a 1 1/2 foot by 230 foot long embroidered cloth, not an actual tapestry, which depicts the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England as well as the invasion itself. The earliest known written reference to the tapestry is a 1476 inventory of Bayeux Cathedral, but its origins have been the subject of much speculation and controversy.

The Bayeux Tapestry has been used as the cover artwork for the games 1066: End of the Dark Ages, Hastings, 1066, Hastings 1066, Hastings 1066: Ein Ritter Spiel, and L'An Mil and for the role-playing game book Clash of Arms: Infantry.

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