Assignment on the Bayeux Tapestry

 

The link below will offer you a visual and written description of a famous tapestry depicting an event in the middle ages. Whether it is intrinsically important or not, it was an event which was visually presented to the public.

 

Your assignment is threefold: (1) summarize the plot presented, (2) evaluate the medium selected for its telling (i.e., why was a book not written on the subject; why was a tapestry selected? (3) is there an element of myth contained in the tapestry, and if so, what is that element?

 

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