By Dr. Lori Verderame<\/p>\n
Located in France for the last 950 years, the Bayeux Tapestry, measuring 231-feet long by 20- inches tall, with scenes of the Norman Conquest, will return to Great Britain in 2026.<\/p>\n
The iconic work of art is slated to be loaned to the British Museum for an exhibition, opening in September 2026. Made in Canterbury, Kent, England, the Bayeux Tapestry documents the events of 1066 that changed the course of history.<\/p>\n
The Norman Conquest refers to the invasion of England by William, Duke of Normandy, which ended Anglo-Saxon rule. The Bayeux Tapestry was hung around the nave of Bayeux Cathedral, on display, for centuries. Since 1983, the artwork has been installed at the Bayeux Museum in the town of Bayeux, France.<\/p>\n
While the famed tapestry\u2019s whereabouts were unknown from the 1070s until 1476, in 1476, the textile artwork was found on a cathedral inventory list. The embroidered textile was rolled on a wooden winch until it was later displayed in Bayeux.<\/p>\n
For the luxury travel industry and in major museum presentations, I have discussed the Bayeux Tapestry as it offers many interesting aspects of the history of the mid-11th\u00a0century and beyond.<\/p>\n
It features, in hand-stitched embroidery, a play-by-play narrative of the Battle of Hastings through the eyes of the victor. Also, the imagery of the tapestry shows everyday life of Western Europe in the medieval era, too.<\/p>\n
The Bayeux Tapestry shows images of the death of King Edward the Confessor, who died without an heir, and who promised the throne to William, Duke of Normandy.<\/p>\n
However, on his deathbed, Edward the Confessor changed his mind. He gave the throne instead to his wife\u2019s brother, Harold Godwinson, a powerful Saxon earl.<\/p>\n
King Harold I was crowned the next day.<\/p>\n
William, the Norman duke, quickly ordered the construction of warships and planned to invade in retaliation. In addition to the battle scene shown on the textile artwork, and while approximately 8 to 10 feet of the tapestry is known to be missing, the Bayeux Tapestry shows war preparations, ship building, contemporary food and drink, soldiers, horses, ammunition, and even Haley\u2019s comet, which was first viewed in the sky and documented between January and March of the year 1066.<\/p>\n
Controversy over who commissioned the tapestry continues today. Some scholars believe it was commissioned by William the Conqueror\u2019s wife, Queen Mathilda, to celebrate her husband\u2019s victory.<\/p>\n
Others believe William\u2019s brother Odo instructed that the artwork be produced at his direction.<\/p>\n
The exhibition of the Bayeux Tapestry outside France will certainly impress viewers from around the globe. It is a major exhibition not to be missed.<\/p>\n
Ph.D. art and antiques appraiser, YouTube star with 115 million views on her channel www.YouTube.com\/DrLoriV, and award-winning media personality, Dr. Lori Verderame presents her popular Antiques Appraisal Comedy Tour nationwide. She appears on Netflix, History Channel, and CBS and ABC networks. Want to know what your stuff is worth or learn where to sell your old stuff? Visit www.DrLoriV.com or call 888-431-1010.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dr. Lori Verderame Located in France for the last 950 years, the Bayeux Tapestry, measuring 231-feet long…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70369,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[21887,5,1063,34232,27242],"class_list":["post-70368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-community","tag-france","tag-local-news","tag-luzerne-county","tag-pennsylvania"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70368","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70368\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}