It is a great piece of fabric, William the Conquerer ask it to be made to narrate his success in fight. It measures 70 meters long. Its main purpose is explain the history of the battle. At the begging the Tapestry shows people farming, soaring and shows a men killing a bird. So it first shows the way his population lived in William's times.
Then it displays the moment when Harold was crowned. As well, the Tapestry shows a part in which we can see the hand of God blessing Williams kingdom (assuming the hand is with him and not with Harold). And then, starts preparation for war, there are represented people cutting tress to build ships. Also we are able to see the arrows named armas in the Tapestry. Finally, women leaving their children to let them go to war.
At the end, there's the moment when William takes off his helmet and everybody can see him killing Harold by striking in an arrow.
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