The tapestry was probably made soon after the conquest for William’s half-brother Bishop Odo of Bayeux, who features prominently in it.Īlthough both sources tell the story from the Norman viewpoint, justifying William’s claim to the English throne, they provide far more information than we have for any other medieval battle. This tells the story of the events from 1064 to the end of the battle in a sequence of pictorial scenes. The battle is brought alive and given an immediacy unique among medieval conflicts by the Bayeux Tapestry. Although he didn’t fight at Battle, he clearly knew those who had. William of Poitiers, a Norman soldier, and later King William’s chaplain, compiled The Deeds of William, Duke of the Normans and King of England in about 1071. But all accounts of it rely on two main sources: the Bayeux Tapestry and the chronicler William of Poitiers. There are an unusually large number of near-contemporary sources giving us detailed information about the battle.
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