but it was likely commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo, a close relative of William the Conqueror, to commemorate his success in the Norman Conquest of England, according to the Bayeux Museum ...

Thought to have been commissioned in the 1070s by William's half brother, Bishop Odo, the Bayeux Tapestry is a 70m-long embroidered cloth and vital historical source. After the death of English ...

There is expert opinion that the Tapestry may have been woven in East Kent as a commission from Bishop Odo of Bayeux who became Earl of Kent. Caen stone was shipped over to England by the Normans ...