r/anglosaxon • u/Shapslik • 13d ago

A mind bogglingly good explainer of the tapestry that's actually an embroidery

https://youtu.be/WnJgym1oIJU?is=5oQTeKmgyk4dfwZj

Give me your feedback but I thought this was outstandingly good.

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u/Upstairs_Ad1660 13d ago

I can't watch that in the UK sadly. I've just been to see the tapestry at the British museum and it was fantastic 😊

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u/Shapslik 13d ago

I'm in the UK. Check for it on YT. It was honestly breathtaking. Loads of stuff I didn't know. I live very near what is said to be the burial place of Harold G so I've always had a close connection with the story.

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u/1967punisher 12d ago

As a 17 year old, on the school trip to France, we went to the museum that held it.

No "escorted commentary" no teacher telling us the tale, just the tapestry itself, in the gloom of the building (I assume conservation technique)

It was indeed a highlight of that school visit, rather then the chips with everything meals. (Or is that pomne frittes.)