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The Bayeux Tapestry: Woven by the Victors
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The Bayeux Tapestry may be back in England, but it is a Norman artwork. For Anglo-Saxon voices, we need to look elsewhere.
T his is shaping up to be the year of the Bayeux Tapestry. From September this monumental work of medieval art will be on display at the British Museum, and its return to England for the first time in almost 1,000 years has been greeted with immense enthusiasm.
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