The Bayeux Tapestry shows the Normans invading England. Before they invaded, the language of England was mainly Germanic Old English.
The Bayeux Tapestry is a piece of embroidered linen, about 70 metres long. It tells a story in pictures, with words in Latin. It was probably made by some ladies in Canterbury not long after You can still see the tapestry in a museum in Bayeux in Normandy.
The Normans prepare to invade England.
The Normans cross the English Channel.
The Normans build a castle at Hastings.
The Battle of Hastings – English on the left, Normans on the right.
The Latin words say ‘The brothers Leofwine and Gyrth are killed‘.
The death of King Harold.