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	Bayeux
		Bayeux was the first town to be captured by the Allies, on D-Day itself.
		Bayeux is considered by some sources to have been the most Scandanavian town in Normandie during its early history.
		The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most important pictorial works surviving from the middle ages, and certainly the most important from the eleventh century.
	bdaugherty.tripod.com /normandie/bayeux.html (1039 words)

	The Bayeux Tapestry (France) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The city of Bayeux, in Normandy, the former capital city of the Gaul tribe of Bajocasses, was the cradle of the Norman dynasty.
		Bayeux remained for a long period a Scandinavian city, in which Old Norse was spoken, as opposed to other cities, like Rouen, where French rapidly replaced Old Norse.
		Bayeux is one of the only cities of coastal Lower-Normandy which was neither damaged nor destroyed during the Second World War after the allied landing in June 1944, allowing the Tapestry to have been preserved until now.
	flagspot.net /flags/fr_bayxt.html (1204 words)

	The history of Bayeux tapestry
		Bayeux has a very long history, and was quite a venerable town even when the Bayeux tapestry was made, nearly a millennium ago.
		Bayeux Cathedral as it now stands was built around the time of the Norman Conquests, although as with most other centers of religious importance, there had been a place of worship on the site for much longer.
		The Bayeux Tapestry is on view to the public in an old seminary known as the Centre Guillaume.
	ohoh.essortment.com /historybayeuxt_rlyi.htm (1009 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Bayeux Tapestry (French: Tapisserie de Bayeux) is a 50 cm by 70 m (20in by 230ft) long embroidered cloth which depicts scenes commemorating the Battle of Hastings in 1066, with annotations in Latin.
		The embroidered tapestry is presently exhibited in a special museum in Bayeux, Normandy, France.
		Since the earliest known written reference to the tapestry in a 1476 inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, its origins have been the subject of much speculation and controversy.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bayeux_Tapestry (1876 words)

	Bayeux and St-Vigor-le-Grand in Normandy 1944
		Bayeux is the largest British cemetery of the Second World War in France; 4 648 Allied and German soldiers are buried there : 3 935 British, 17 Australians, 8 New Zealander, 1 South-African, 25 Poles, 3 French, 2 Czechs, 2 Italians, 7 Russians, 466 Germans and 1 unknown.
		Bayeux was the first French city liberated by the Allied troops on 7 June 1944.
		The "meetings" of General de Gaulle with the city of Bayeux are reported, and especially the 16 June 1944 speech.
	www.normandie44lamemoire.com /versionanglaise/fichesvillesus/bayeuxus2.html (877 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bayeux
		The Bishop of Bayeux was senior among the Norman bishops, and the chapter was one of the richest in France.
		Among the abbeys of the Diocese of Bayeux should be mentioned those of St. Stephen (Abbaye-aux-Hommes) and of the Trinity (Abbaye-aux-Dames), both founded at Caen by William the Conqueror (1029-87) and his wife Matilda, in expiation of their unlawful marriage.
		At Tilly, in the Diocese of Bayeux, Michel Vingtras established, in 1839, the politico-religious society known as La Miséricorde, in connexion with the survivors of La Petite Eglise, which was condemned in 1843 by Gregory XVI.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02358b.htm (833 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry
		The Bayeux Tapestry is the most important source to the Battle of Hastings, there are 11 battle scenes, however by the time it was finished the battle was almost forgotten and some battle events still remain a mystery.
		The Bayeux Tapestry is the most important source on the Battle of Hastings although it was finished several years after the battle.
		The Bayeux Tapestry is an excellent source on the battle because it shows us what the soldiers used during the battle and what they had on for protection.
	www.fischer-mellbin.com /Marcus/Marcus_Stories/Bayeux_Tapestry/bayeux_tapestry.html (1857 words)

	AEMMA: Bayeux Tapestry
		Tradition attributes it to Queen Matilda, wife of William the Conqueror, and her handmaidens; but it is now thought to be of somewhat later origin and possibly the work of English embroiderers.
		The embroidery is preserved in the Bayeux Museum.
		Today it is on display in Bayeux, located specifically at Centre Guillaume le Conquérant and can be viewed by the general public.
	www.aemma.org /onlineResources/bayeux/bayeuxIntro.html (1110 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Travel \| Ask a traveller \| Visiting the Bayeux Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In Bayeux, the Reine Mathilde is a delightful two-star hotel within a few minutes walk from the Tapestry.
		She could come with me next May. I shall be running a day-course on the tapestry in Bristol on March 16 2002, and a trip by ferry and with a coach on May 6-10 2002.
		One could travel to Bayeux from Britain by means of ferry to Cherbourg or Caen (Ouistreham) or by Eurostar to Paris.
	travel.guardian.co.uk /askatraveller/story/0,8915,457909,00.html (802 words)

	Bayeux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Bayeux is an ancient town well worth visiting for its beauty and atmosphere.
		The cathedral at Bayeux was consecrated in the presence of William the Conqueror and his Queen Matilda in 1077.
		The de Harcourts were close associates of the de Braose family through the marriage of William de Braose I to Eve de Boissey, the widow of Anchetil de Harcourt.
	freespace.virgin.net /doug.thompson/normandy/bayeux.htm (436 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry of Reading
		rant in Bayeux, Normandy, is the Bayeux Tapestry, not a woven tapestry at all but instead a 230'-9" (nearly 70m) strip of linen averaging 18 to 20" (46-51cm) in width.
		Numbered amongst the treasures of the Cathedral of Bayeux in an accounting of 1476, it was nearly cut up for use as munitions waggon coverings in the 18th century.
		If as Jan Messent suggests the Bayeux Tapestry was the work of six or seven English convents, most within ten or fifteen miles of the next, the conditions under which it was created were not dissimilar from those shared by Elizabeth Wardle's dedicated band of local women.
	www.octavia.net /text/bayeux.htm (2649 words)

	AllRefer.com - Bayeux, France (French Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Sections of its Romanesque church withstood the fire and form a part of the remarkable Gothic cathedral built for the most part in the 13th cent.
		The town is particularly famous for its museum containing the Bayeux tapestry.
		In World War II, Bayeux was the first French city liberated by the Allies (June 8, 1944).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bayeux.html (202 words)

	Bayeux
		Bayeux is one of Normandy's many great places to visit.
		Shown in the third photo is a museum of William the Conqueror (or William the Norman, which is how the region of Normandy got its name), who is the same William the Conqueror who essentially formed modern-day England when he booted the Celts out in 1066.
		Bayeux is a great place to visit, especially on a warm sunny day (which can sometimes be tough to find in Normandy, I admit!) It's within reach of a number of Normandy's other attraction, and has plenty of character of its own for those wishing to take a moment away from touring battlefields.
	www.tompgalvin.com /places/fr/bayeux.htm (510 words)

	The History of Britain's Bayeux Tapestry
		The Bayeux Tapestry is preserved and displayed in Bayeux, in Normandy, France.
		The first written record of the Bayeux Tapestry is in 1476 when it was recorded in the cathedral treasury at Bayeux as "a very long and narrow hanging on which are embroidered figures and inscriptions comprising a representation of the conquest of England".
		The Bayeux Tapestry was probably commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, half-brother of William the Conqueror.
	www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk /BayeuxInfo.htm (490 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Bayeux
		Bayeux, town in northern France, in the Calvados Department on the Aure River, near the English Channel.
		Bayeux Tapestry, medieval embroidery narrating in cartoon-like scenes the events leading up to the Norman invasion of England and William the...
		Hampshire as a whole has many attractions, of which the New Forest is one of the most important.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Bayeux.html (81 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Embroidered on linen with colored woolen thread, the Bayeux Tapestry is a unique record of the Battle of Hastings and the costumes, arms, and manners of the time.
		The Tapestry first is recorded in the fifteenth century as part of the inventory of Bayeux Cathedral, where, every year, it was hung in the nave.
		During the French Revolution, it was to have been used as a wagon cover before being rescued; later, it was prevented from being cut up to decorate a carnival float dedicated to the goddess of reason.
	itsa.ucsf.edu /~snlrc/britannia/hastings/bayeux.html (396 words)

	The Bayeux Tapestry
		Whereas it is known as the Bayeux Tapestry in England, it is sometimes referred to in France as the Tapisserie de la reine Mathilde or Queen Matilda's Tapestry.
		Bishop Odo must have known of this school and this may have been the spur for the Bayeux tapestries construction as opposed to him deciding on a Tapestry and then deciding who should make it.
		Today it is on display in Bayeux and can be viewed by the general public.
	www.battle1066.com /bayeux2.shtml (1543 words)

	Invasion of England, 1066 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bayeux Tapestry: Monument to a Norman Triumph
		The Bayeux Tapestry (actually an embroidery measuring over 230 feet long and 20 inches wide) describes the Norman invasion of England and the events that led up to it.
		It is believed that the Tapestry was commissioned by Bishop Odo, bishop of Bayeux and the half-brother of William the Conqueror.
	www.eyewitnesstohistory.com /bayeux.htm (1432 words)

	Bayeux tapestry on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		BAYEUX TAPESTRY [Bayeux tapestry] This so-called tapestry is in fact an embroidery that chronicles the Norman conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066.
		Was the Bayeux Tapestry Made in France: The Case for St Florent of Saumer
		Using the Bayeux tapestry to discover the past.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/B/Bayeuxta.asp (529 words)

	The Bayeux Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The best guess is that it was commissioned by Odo, bishop of Bayeux, William the Conqueror's half-brother, and one of the leading figures in the invasion of England.
		It was perhaps completed on 1077 in time for the consecration of the new cathedral at Bayeux.
		If you get to Bayeux in late September, you'll be in time for the Calvados season.
	www.ku.edu /kansas/medieval/108/lectures/bayeux_tapestry.html (1353 words)

	Bayeux Tapestry and the Overlord Embroidery
		The Bayeux Tapestry was created soon afterwards to record the events of William's victory.
		The original Bayeux Tapestry was made during the period between 1066 and 1082.
		One difference between the Overlord Embroidery and the Bayeux Tapestry is that the Embroidery uses appliqué (pieces of material which are stitched onto the backing material) but the Bayeux Tapestry only uses stitching.
	www.ddaymuseum.co.uk /bayeux.htm (518 words)

	No. 1905: The Bayeux Tapestry
		The Bayeux Tapestry is reminiscent of a Medieval stained glass window, but it's simpler to read.
		And that is exactly why the Bayeux Tapestry is such a marvel among historical documents.
		And a number of articles on various aspects of the Tapestry may be read in The Study of the Bayeux Tapestry (Richard Gameson, ed.) Suffolk: The Boydell Press, 1997.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1905.htm (583 words)

	Kingdom of Ealdormere: The Bayeux Tapestry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For nine centuries the Bayeux Tapestry has preserved the glory of the Norman Conquest of England and the drama of Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy.
		The tapestry depicts several timber forts, each atop its motte, or mound, and with a cleated bridge spanning the moat to the bailey (an outer, palisaded court not shown).
		Long attributed to William's wife Matilda, the Bayeux Tapestry in fact was probably commissioned by his half brother, Bishop Odo of Bayeux, for display in the city's cathedral, consecrated only 1 1 years after Hastings.
	www.ealdormere.sca.org /university/bayeux.shtml (1612 words)

	Bayeux Medieval - eMuseumStore.com Art Reproductions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered in the 11th Century to commemorate the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
		The original in the Centre Guillaume le Conquerant Museum in Bayeux,...
		The Bayeux Tapestry is a unique historical record (230 feet long), relating the events leading up to the Norman invasion of England, and culminating in a major description of the B...
	www.emuseumstore.com /ShowView/category/18 (278 words)

	Bayeux War Cemetery
		HISTORICAL INFORMATION: Bayeux was entered by the Sherwood Rangers late on 6th June 1944, but was formally liberated the next day.
		The streets of Bayeux were too narrow for most military vehicles, and so the Royal Engineers and Pioneer Corps constructed a ring-road round Bayeux soon after D Day.
		It is about 100 metres from the junction with the D5 to Littry, and almost opposite the Museum of the Battle of Normandy (which is well signposted throughout Bayeux).
	battlefieldsww2.50megs.com /bayeux_war_cemetery.htm (425 words)

	Bayeux -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		He probably commissioned the famed Bayeux tapestry, which pictures the Norman Conquest of England, for the dedication of his cathedral (1077).
		Later (1149) he transferred his allegiance to the king in return for a grant of the city and...
		The tapestry takes its name from the Bayeux Cathedral in northwestern France, where it was found in the 18th century by the French...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9013874 (738 words)

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