The Bayeux Tapestry shows the Normans invading England. Before they invaded, the language of England was mainly Germanic Old English.

The Bayeux Tapestry shows the Normans invading England. Before they invaded, the language of

England was mainly Germanic Old English.

The Bayeux Tapestry is a piece of embroidered linen, about 70 metres long. It tells a story in

pictures, with words in Latin. It was probably made by some ladies in Canterbury not long after 1066.

You can still see the tapestry in a museum in Bayeux in Normandy.

The Normans prepare to invade England.

The Normans cross the English Channel.

The Normans build a castle at Hastings.

The Battle of Hastings – English on the left, Normans on the right.

The Latin words say ‘The brothers Leofwine and Gyrth are killed‘.

The death of King Harold.