Highlands Ranch High School - Mr. Sedivy
THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY II
| WHERE MESSENGERS OF DUKE WILLIAM HAVE COME TO GUY | TUROLD |
An eavesdropper hiding behind a column may have carried the news of Harold's capture to William.
Armed with lances, two messengers come from the duke to command Harold's release. A bearded dwarf holds their stallions.
Scholars debate whether the name Turold refers to one of the messengers or to the dwarf.
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WILLIAM'S MESSENGERS |
HERE A MESSENGER HAS COME TO DUKE WILLIAM |
In a flashback scene, the powerful Lord of Normandy, enthroned at Rouen, learns of Harold's capture by Count Guy.
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HERE GUY HAS LED HAROLD TO WILLIAM, DUKE OF THE NORMANS |
"When Duke William heard what had happened he sent messengers at speed, and by prayers and threats
he brought about Harold's honorable release," wrote William of Poitiers. "As a result, Guy in person conducted
his prisoner to the castle of Eu, although he could at his pleasure...
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HERE DUKE WILLIAM HAS COME WITH HAROLD TO HIS PALACE |
...have tortured or killed him, or sold him into slavery."
Count Guy on a black charger points out Earl Harold to Duke William, resplendent in a rich cloak,
a sign of his high station. Fair-haired Harold then leads the way to Rouen.
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WHERE A CLERIC AND AELFGYVA |
At the duke's castle, the English earl describes his adventures since leaving home.
The inscription that follows is a mystery. The figures - an agitated clergyman who appears to be striking
a woman called Aelfgyva - may represent a scandal of the day that needed no explanation.
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HERE DUKE WILLIAM AND HIS ARMY HAVE COME TO MONT ST. MICHEL |
Join me in battle against my enemies, invites William. The duke and his English friend lead a company of
knights to relieve Dol Castle, besieged by Count Conan of Brittany. They ford the River Couesnon where it flows
out to sea near the monastery of Mont St. Michel.
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