History of Medieval England - Thursday 6th Period: Discussion 3: Why 1066 Was Such a Big Deal

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

All right, everyone. I spent an hour on Tuesday talking about the Battle of Hastings and 1066. Now we're going to discuss it. It completely changed the government and culture of England in a violent and abrupt manner

For your homework, I'd like you to pick a section of the Bayeux Tapestry and tell me what's happening in it, in terms of what was going on in England and Normandy at the time. At least one hundred words or handwave, please. Please feel free to expound on social or cultural matters portrayed in the tapestry, if you like.

OOC Note: The linked website is a bit overdesigned in my opinion, but it is quite good. ETA: Here is another site with less bells and whistles. http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bytype/textiles/bayeux/
And here's a scrolling Shockwave version: http://www.essentialnormanconquest.com/osehnctapestry.html

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Comments

Re: OOC: MED3

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

*bounces at the Battle of Hastings*

Although I never got a chance to actually see the Tapestry itself.

Re: OOC: MED3

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

Didja know there was a Victorian replica on display in Reading? http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/

Re: OOC: MED3

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

Oooh no, I didn't.

Reading's on the way to Pegasus One. Sort of. Almost.

Re: OOC: MED3

[prof-methos.livejournal.com]

*recites truism that 100 miles is a long distance in England and 100 years is a long time in America* Meaning, it's closer to London than Oxford is (by the map I looked at), so I can't imagine that it's *that* far out of your way. ;)

Re: OOC: MED3

[notcalledlizzie.livejournal.com]

*snickers* *doesn't really think 100 miles is that long a distance and drives it quite happily*

Oxford's a closer detour though, as I'm coming from the Midlands. But, no, it's not *that* far out of my way *g*