Bishop Odo of Bayeux seems the most likely patron of the Bayeux Tapestry. Not only was he William the Conqueror’s half-brother and a powerful politician in his own right, but the Tapestry gives ...

A missing piece of the Bayeux Tapestry, one of the world’s most famous medieval artworks, was recently rediscovered in ...

This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in the 1070s by Bishop Odo, a close relative of William the Conqueror ...

Following the news that the Pompidou Centre is closing for five years, another famous French attraction is shutting down for ...

Detail of scene 31: Upon arrival in Hastings, the Normans camp and eat. In a semicircular table, Odo, Bishop of Bayeux (d. 1097) and William’s half-brother, blesses the meal. Scene 38: The Latin text ...

were portrayed at the time in a magnificent tapestry commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, William's half-brother. In a superb piece of programme-making, Radio 4 has brought the Bayeux Tapestry to ...

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 ...

The creators of this medieval masterpiece have been lost to time, but it’s believed to have been commissioned by Odo, bishop of Bayeux and William’s half-brother, to decorate the nave of the ...

(CNN) — From Picasso’s “Guernica” to Goya’s “Disasters of War,” there have been many famous depictions of conflict, but one of the oldest, and most extraordinary, is France’s 11th ...