Highlands Ranch High School - Mr. Sedivy
THE BAYEUX TAPESTRY IV
HERE THE BODY OF KING EDWARD IS BEING CARRIED TO
THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE
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Completion of the abbey consumed the interest of the king in his last
days. The Hand of God,
descending from a cloud, symbolizes the consecration of the church on Holy Innocents'
Day - December 28, 1065.
Bearers carry Edward's enshrouded body to the abbey.
KING EDWARD IN BED ADDRESSES HIS LOYAL FRIENDS.
AND HERE HE IS DEAD.
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HERE SITS HAROLD AS KING OF THE ENGLISH.
THEY HAVE GIVEN HAROLD THE ROYAL CROWN. |
Before his death "the wise ruler entrusted the realm to a man
of high rank, to Harold himself," reads the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Harold listens to the king's last words at the foot of the bed. Breaking his oath
to William, he accepts the crown;
ARCHBISHOP STIGAND |
THESE MEN WONDER AT THE STAR |
HAROLD |
Archbishop Stigand proclaims him king. "Then over all England
there was seen a sign in the skies such as had never
been seen before. Some said it was the star 'comet' which some call the star with
hair," records the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. In the spring, Halley's comet blazed across Europe. A courtier
hastens to tell Harold of the omen.
HERE AN ENGLISH SHIP HAS COME INTO DUKE WILLIAM'S LAND |
HERE DUKE WILLIAM HAS ORDERED
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Sinister, ghostly ships in the tapestry border hint at coming disaster.
Meanwhile, a messenger sails to inform William, probably at Rouen, that Harold has
been crowned king.
Enraged at such perfidy, William resolves to invade England and take the throne.
HERE DUKE WILLIAM HAS ORDERED THE BUILDING OF SHIPS |
Crash of giant oaks resounds as woodsmen fell trees for the fleet.
Carpenters shape planks while shipwrights with adz and hammer construct long, narrow
ships. Using block and tackle,
men launch them at Dives. Arms and provisions accumulate. But for a month, an adverse
wind blows from the north.
HERE THE SHIPS ARE BEING DRAGGED TO THE SEA
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William, with superb leadership, so controlled his men that "the
flocks and herds of the peasantry pastured unharmed,"
recorded a Norman. Then a westerly permits the duke to move his fleet to St. Valéry
for a shorter voyage across the Channel.
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