Bayeux Tapestry to be displayed in UK for the first time

[spanishspy]

Thing's over a thousand years old; I hope they can move it.

[stevep]

Jan 17, 2018 21:49:53 GMT spanishspy said:

Thing's over a thousand years old; I hope they can move it.

  Well it was moved over there in the 1st place as it was Saxon slaves who wove it.   Plus with modern technology it should be practical, if possibly not easy.

  Since the battle was 1066 and this was a few years afterwards probably about 950 years in age.

[lordroel]

Jan 17, 2018 21:59:22 GMT stevep said:

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  Since the battle was 1066 and this was a few years afterwards probably about 950 years in age.

But 1,000 years old sound better than 950 years old.

[stevep]

Jan 18, 2018 4:39:03 GMT lordroel said:

Jan 17, 2018 21:59:22 GMT stevep said:

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  Since the battle was 1066 and this was a few years afterwards probably about 950 years in age.

But 1,000 years old sound better than 950 years old.

  Not if your pedantic.

[lordroel]

Jan 18, 2018 17:06:23 GMT stevep said:

Jan 18, 2018 4:39:03 GMT lordroel said:

But 1,000 years old sound better than 950 years old.

  Not if your pedantic.

But according to the wiki article it seems that the exact age of the Bayeux Tapestry is open to discussion.

[stevep]

Jan 18, 2018 17:09:36 GMT lordroel said:

Jan 18, 2018 17:06:23 GMT stevep said:

  Not if your pedantic.

But according to the wiki article it seems that the exact age of the Bayeux Tapestry is open to discussion.

  Quite possible but until 2066 it can't possibly be 1000 years old.  Unless someone questions the actual date of the battle.

[lordroel]

Jan 18, 2018 17:41:12 GMT stevep said:

Jan 18, 2018 17:09:36 GMT lordroel said:

But according to the wiki article it seems that the exact age of the Bayeux Tapestry is open to discussion.

  Quite possible but until 2066 it can't possibly be 1000 years old.  Unless someone questions the actual date of the battle.

Do we know at least that the battle happened as depicted as the tapestry shows.

[stevep]

Jan 18, 2018 18:15:18 GMT lordroel said:

Jan 18, 2018 17:41:12 GMT stevep said:

  Quite possible but until 2066 it can't possibly be 1000 years old.  Unless someone questions the actual date of the battle.

Do we know at least that the battle happened as depicted as the tapestry shows.

  Well although done in England it was at Norman direction so probably some inaccuracies.  I think its normally considered as a propaganda piece for the new regime.

[lordroel]

Jan 18, 2018 18:51:00 GMT stevep said:

Jan 18, 2018 18:15:18 GMT lordroel said:

Do we know at least that the battle happened as depicted as the tapestry shows.

  Well although done in England it was at Norman direction so probably some inaccuracies.  I think its normally considered as a propaganda piece for the new regime.

Its a miracle that the Tapestry was destroyed by other new regimes that followed them.

[stevep]

Jan 18, 2018 21:05:03 GMT lordroel said:

Jan 18, 2018 18:51:00 GMT stevep said:

  Well although done in England it was at Norman direction so probably some inaccuracies.  I think its normally considered as a propaganda piece for the new regime.

Its a miracle that the Tapestry was destroyed by other new regimes that followed them.

  Well don't forget England was basically ruled by the Normans then the Plantagenets until the end of the wars of the Roses in 1485.  While from roughly the 1300s England started re-emerging as an 'English' state even then the dynasty sought its origins in the Norman conquest.  Plus by that time other than for a short period under Henry V Normandy, which was where it was housed, was outside 'English' control.  As such the 'English' monrchy lacked either the desire or access or both to destroy a symbol of the Norman conquest.  Even now English monarchs are numbered since William and 1066, excluding earlier Anglo-Saxon kings.  As such the Duke of Windsor during his short reign was recorded as Edward VIII rather than Edward X.

[lordroel]

Jan 18, 2018 22:51:47 GMT stevep said:

Jan 18, 2018 21:05:03 GMT lordroel said:

Its a miracle that the Tapestry was destroyed by other new regimes that followed them.

  Well don't forget England was basically ruled by the Normans then the Plantagenets until the end of the wars of the Roses in 1485.  While from roughly the 1300s England started re-emerging as an 'English' state even then the dynasty sought its origins in the Norman conquest.  Plus by that time other than for a short period under Henry V Normandy, which was where it was housed, was outside 'English' control.  As such the 'English' monrchy lacked either the desire or access or both to destroy a symbol of the Norman conquest.  Even now English monarchs are numbered since William and 1066, excluding earlier Anglo-Saxon kings.  As such the Duke of Windsor during his short reign was recorded as Edward VIII rather than Edward X.

Bayeux Tapestry: The story in six scenes