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The Bayeux Tapestry shows the Normans invading England. Before they invaded, the language of England was mainly Germanic Old English.
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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 1066. You can still see the tapestry in a museum in Bayeux in Normandy.
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The Normans prepare to invade England.
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The Normans cross the English Channel.
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The Normans build a castle at Hastings.
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The Battle of Hastings – English on the left, Normans on the right.
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The Latin words say ‘The brothers Leofwine and Gyrth are killed‘.
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The death of King Harold.
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