From Westminster Abbey to Mont St Michel, the Bayeux tapestry’s 33 buildings reveal its designer was familiar with monastic manuscripts and stonemasonry.
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Using needlework to construct personal stories and a tangible record of events in a form of comic strip has a long and storied history.
Arguably, without his wife Matilda’s financial backing, powerful family ties and queenly skills, William may never have achieved any of his lofty ambitions.
Once I had spotted a 200-year-old error, I was able to join the dots.
Are you hesitating to buy anti-Covid-19 toothpaste? 100 years ago, you might have found some miracle elixirs to protect you from Halley’s Comet.
Amateur detectorists do a lot of the heavy lifting on which archaeologists depend.
Nine centuries after it was commissioned to celebrate the Norman Conquest, the famed tapestry is finally going to visit England.
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Professor of Medieval History and Consumer Culture, School of History, University of East Anglia
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Professor of Medieval History, University of Reading
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Astrophysicien, Professeur des Universités, Université Paris Cité
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Director of the Centre for History Heritage and Memory Studies; Associate Professor in History, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing, Sheffield Hallam University
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Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture Before 1600, Leiden University