This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo, a close relative of William the Conqueror, to ...

Led by William, the Duke of Normandy, they were soon to launch ... infantry and archers. The battle ends with Harold's death. The tapestry depicts a man with an arrow in his eye under the Latin ...