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 1066.

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.