The Bayeux Tapestry - all of it, from start to finish
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- A complete guide to the story as depicted on the famous Bayeux Tapestry. There is a lot more to it than just the Battle of Hastings.
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Other than The Adventures of Stoke Mandeville, this is the longest editing job I have ever done. It took eleven very long days of work to put this together from the opportunist footage I snatched when changing trains near the museum where it is on display. The shoot was not without its problems, one of which was the fact that because the tapestry is behind glass, and the museum has many illuminated displays, the reflections in the glass were a bane, and I didn't manage to get rid of them all. Another was that my stills camera refused to work after taking a small number of pictures. It had always worked fine before, and has always worked fine since. It wasn't the battery and it wasn't the SD card. It was a mystery.
For the curious, the edit involved seventeen tracks on the timeline, and has twenty-two animated scenes. Unfortunately, the main animation software I was using could not handle full HD images, and so there is a slight loss of picture quality during most of the animated scenes. You will notice that the close-ups have a better picture quality than the wide shots. This is because they were taken with the camera pushed up against the glass, which improved focussing, and got rid of almost all of the haze and reflections caused by the glass.
It is important to understand that this 'tapestry' is a piece of propaganda, and does not tell an accurate version of events. The story I tell here is the one depicted, not what actually happened.
I have enough material for more videos on the tapestry, but am in no great hurry to spend many more days editing this difficult footage. Trying to match the writing and speaking of narration to panning camerawork that had no notion when shot of what might need to be said about some passing scene, was a nightmare, and many editing compromises had to be made, with some scenes skipped past quickly, and others drawn out.
Clarification on the nudity: I said that the figure under the mysterious Cleric and woman was the the only figure displaying genitals on the tapestry. This was misleading. Several animals clearly are pictured with genitals, and on the tapestry in Bayeux today it looks as though a couple of other human figures have genitals. Some of these may have been added later, and these are not being 'displayed' as the displaying figure is clearly doing, but look more incidental.
I describe the tall figure emerging from the building with a lance and pennant, being brought his horse, as 'William'. It occurred to me after making the video that all the sources I consulted describe this figure as William, but the text does not name him as William, so possibly he is just a Norman knight, representing any and all of the knights setting out for the battle, and that this figure is meant to be 'William' could be a modern tradition that has become accepted fact just by repetition.
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i love the tapestry animations
Wow, i can’t say i expected you here. How is this 162 doing for you?
They left me in stitches.
@@robertpearson8798 Stitches in time but not literally, it was embroidered, the fabric its on was though.
Hey iron
I liked this. It really made me feel like an illiterate medieval peasant being told the story by a priest.
ThejollyFrenchman: by a humorous Breton priest.
hahahahahhaha
Imagine Lindybeige as a priest.
H00P 11:07
@@engleberteverything421 he’s far to intelligent and logical for that
It's like reconstructing a presentation just from the power point slides.
mate - your country is a similar mix of invaders/conquerors so shut the fuck up en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Slovakia_before_the_Slovaks
oh, and isn't your national flag just the Russian flag with a silly cross on it?
Basically my university experience
Provocateur
If you go back far enough then no ancestry except african originated on the piece of land they now live on. To say someone isnt british because their ancestors arrived there slightly later than some other people just seems arbitrary
Sounds finals prep in some courses...
I feel like there’s an unbroken cultural through line between this tapestry and Monty Python animations
maybe just maybe monty python got inspiration from anglo saxons art?? terry jones was kind of a nerd about medieval history
Just imagine...
you're 6 year old
ask dad for a nice story before bed
then comes dad Lindy with giant tapestry
...best dreams for sure
haha
"And it is said, that this child became the greatest monarch of history."
LuciloJr daddy lloyd
Yes
For some reason I imagined Lindy living in a massive castle with a long hall, and the tapestry used as a carpet. Just to make after dinner promenade a little bit more entertaining.
It's the winners who get to embroider history.
Pipe2DevNull: not necessarily, and in the BT’s case, no.
Pipe2DevNull history is kind to those who write it
The winners wives in this case.
Most sources that survive are indeed written by the victors, but sometimes people go overboard with this notion and they think there arent _any_ surviving sources written by the losers. There are.
There was a lot of effort put into this, and that animation: classic British comedy.
Seems that the Brits are always a tad better at comedic prose. A little sarcasm, innuendo, etc.
Well Done Ole Chaps.
Lindybeige.. doing what the history channel hasn't been able to do since the nineties!
thanks for the entertaining and educational content!
A theory: giant woody asparagus is now extinct, because it was such a fantastic material for shipbuilding that the english overharvested it.
The Normans were the ones chopping down trees/giant woody asparagus in the video/on the embroidery. And they were doing so in Normandy.
#OhForTheLoveOfLOL
BigDave15 and then they did the same in England
And that children is how British Thassalocracy began
Nay, it was the Dutch's fault
"No, my horse is just really far away."
What a great line
“Small…far away…small….far away…”
17:16 I am honestly impressed by the brutally vivid depiction of the battle with this complete mess of men and horses fighting and dying alongside each other. Compared to other rather amusing/awkward scenes, this one feels actually quite close to reality to me.
Loveley storytelling, Lindybeige! :)
This is the best and funniest narration about a historical tapestry reading I ever watched.
Fantastic animation mate! Brilliant video all around.
My youtube subscription box has been a bit grim of late. It's disappointing when I can't get back from work, have a coffee, and watch something new and interesting.
This video has rescued my evening from mediocrity.
It looks like a lot of time and precise efforts have been put into them! Bravo to them, indeed!
I visited the original in Bayeux in September. Quite a sight to behold. Free entry on weekends and barely a crowd...
Looks like a fabulous moustache and a hawk is all you need to be king of England back then.
And a colourful horse and a pack of hounds.
@@lindybeige So it's possible Mr. Burns was once the King of England?
that or a sword given to you by some watery tart
@@MemphiStig I'm going to remember that term for the rest of my life.😂
@@mortalclown3812 It's from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 47 years on, I still laughed when I saw the watery tart invoked here.
The figure named Turold was the messenger. The name "Turold" is recorded in the Domesday Book as a vassal of Odo in Kent.
THIS! This is awesome. You did a great job here! I am an archaeologist and historian and I think that knowledge mediation is still a bit of a grey spot in our disciplines. Works like yours done with passion are so damn important! "Professional" scientist (meaning people who get paid for doing science or exhibitions in this case - not talking about quality or smth.) don't get paid or given the freedom for this, and most of the times they lack the know how or the creativity. I think the museum would be happy to show your video on their homepage, and you should definitely link to it on the wikipedia-site of the tapestry. (Yes Wikipedia is no longer the devil!) This is great! I love it! Thanks!
Wikipedia doesn't like people linking to their own works. I have to hope that someone else puts in a link.
What amazes me is that despite the weird proportins the skill with which this was made is quite high.
Now do Trajan's column.
Yes please !
Yes do trajans column
Fabulous idea. Yes, please.
You have terrible manners.
In a single ascending rotating take
I can't even imagine how long this must've taken. Thank you so much for all your hard work for us!
We are so lucky to have this historical piece of art.
Jim Morgan I agree, Lloyd is a blessing to have.
Pour cela il vous faudra traverser la Manche pour voir cette pièce a Bayeux (France)
@@thierryrebillard6432 Or just go to the Reading museum, and view it for free :D
I stumbled into the real version on vacation, and despite an audio guide and tons of text, I didn't understand a bit what was happening. Your video was so much better, just by pointing out the ridiculous bits. Thank you
This is incredible and obviously took a whole pain-in-the-back of editing. Not to mention the historical knowledge. Thank you so much for doing this. I don't know anywhere else on the internet where one could find such a helpful, clear, not to mention hilarious explanation of the tapestry.
This is the most comprehensive, informative and enjoyably listenable - if that's a word - account of the tapestry I've heard. It also confirms for me yet again, Lloyd, that you are one of the great undiscovered stand up comedians of our time. Bravo, sir.
It _could_ be that Edward gets the most detailed depiction because he was the first person depicted. Then the artist realized how much time he had spent, and realizing how much was still left to do, he probably said something rhyming with 'bucket' and decided to do it quick and easy rather than elaborately. And look, he started out carefully with the hands of those other two guys as well. On one of them you can see both his hands, but only the right has the black outline. I guess that's when he decided it was taking too long.
Gilmaris it was probably women and they were probably english. So it could be a code
Locket!
I think it was probably made by a large team of embroiderers rather than one person. If so, then there would have been one overall designer to keep the art style consistent.
I _was_ trying to be facetious. I guess I need more practice.
@Gilmaris it was too plausible to be /obviously/ facetious.
This is an outstanding video. There being alot of pointing after all... Seriously though, this is amongst one of the multiple best videos I've seen in a while. Thank you, Lloyd.
Yes! Thank you for making a video on this, Lindy! Such an important part of our history.
The first graphic novel! Excellent, informative, and entertaining presentation! Thank you!
This is easily one of my favorite videos of yours, the animation and acting cracks me up.
I was born in Bayeux so i've seen many times, you did a great video on this beautiful piece of history
Lindybeige made another 20 minute video?
And it's him reading the Bayeux Tapestry from beginning to end like a comic book?
*pours a steaming hot cuppa*
'Dis gon' be gud!
Lloyd doesn't like tea though...
Acil Sobirin unimportant *large sip of tea*
True, BUT I DO!
*begins drinking straight from the pot*
wat
Aussie or Brit?
Gotta admit: I did not expect the rude shovels.
Sheyet, I can't like... cause reasons.
The Entire Bayeux Tapestry but every time William the Bastard is seen or mentioned the French laughing gets louder and louder
Hon hon hon *Raises white flag*
White or not, Frenchy-Danes got London.
Garswoodlatic more than possible. Or Odo just wanted to rib his brother.
Alan's Rufus's cousin William Bowes is the Queen Mother Elizabeth's ancestor, and his family didn't have to run all around Europe to do it. So the Bretons did ok too.
The Breton leader Count Alan Rufus appears at least 15 times on the BT, almost as often as his cousin Duke William, and Alan was a friend of Abbot Scolland of St Augustine's at Canterbury, who oversaw the embroidery. Alan was so favourable toward the English that he brought William I and II up to York to apologise to the citizens; the second occasion seems to have precipitated the months-long Norman baronial rebellion in 1088. Alan may have been the "Norman" aristocrat who was betrothed to Harold's sister, but in any case Harold's daughter Gunhildr and Alan were _very close_ so "Harold Rex" is presumably how Alan and Scolland viewed the facts.
Man, this is one of the best things I’ve seen on UA-cam. Hands down to you, sir. A gentleman, a scholar and an entertainer.
Who knew a tapestry could be so interesting....
Technically, it isn't a tapestry, so doesn't tells us how interesting one would be. (It's an embroidery).
Amazing editing. I am going to watch this again when I'm stoned
8:00 Stigant wasn't there to perform the coronation. He merely presented Harold the holy hand grenade of Antioch
They didn't have the Book of Armaments, so that would have been dangerous.
Lindybeige I honestly thought you called him a ferret not a cleric. Though the context did t help
@@lindybeige Sorry to be the contrarian sir, but the Book Of Armaments is clearly depicted resting on a lectern in the lower border. (time stamp 8:04) It is directly beneath Stigant and has been opened at a black ribbon bookmark to chapter 2, verses 9 to 21.
The next panel obviously depicts a protest rally against weapons of mass destruction, the subtext indicating that they gave Stig the golden bird and threw the book under the lectern
@@lindybeige
It's not too difficult, count to three, no more than three... What was the second step?
Throw it.
Sheyet! Explodes holily*
William kept Stigand as archbishop so maybe that's why he appears.
First Lindybeige video I ever watched. I was googling for the story of the tapestry and it sent me here. Have been a fan of this channel ever since. Hic videte Lindybeige amator Angliae hostes Francorum regem in UA-cam.
My goodness that looked like a lot o work! Thanks for it, Lloyd. Always brightens my day when you upload.
One of the finest, best researched and funniest evaluations of the Bayeux Tapestry you will ever see! All hail Lindybeige!
This video is a goldmine for my lindybeige soundboard.
Who hasn't wondered what the Bayeaux Tapestry story was all about? And it's more fascinating than I even thought - so good!
"oi, I got me a blue-green pig, what'd you get??"
"HOOP."
Rope 😂
Fantastic video. Thank you! And thanks for not putting ads in the middle 😅🙏
"What are you hittin' me with? It looks a bit RUDE!" Terry Gilliam would be pleased with these animations, I think.
I garnered no idea from pictures in art books of the scale of the tapestry. That thing is frakkin' enormous!
This is my new favorite anime.
Even better than the manga
your gonna love the Hentai version
In retrospect, I think this is one of Lloyd's top 5 videos, probably top 3. This is pretty much THE definitive video analysis on the Bayeux Tapestry that's less than an hour long.
This is brilliant stuff! Great narration, animation and historical content. Nearly choked on my tea at the "King Harold the Second" choir.
Absolutely fantastic. I shall show this to others if ever they want to know about your channel.
This has to be one of the greatest, hilarious, most epic videos I've ever seen. Brilliant!
I've rewatched this video like three times over the course of 5 months. Still gets me every time 😂!
I utterly love the detail when you explain things. I learn a lot from your videos and I really quite like that. Cheers.
I love your sense of humor Lindbeige.
was in Bayeux a couple of months ago on a trip to Normandy (all the d day beaches as well, obviously :) ). The cathedral there is absolutely spectacular, inside and out!
Haven't they made it into a mosque yet ?
Charles Wood its france you friggin nut job. They dont do muslims
Alistair Shaw, have you ever thought about thinking before you post? You've no idea about Algeria obviously.
purpleanex you mean the country on the north coast of africa which for a good chunk of time had taken over spain? Yeah I have. But that doesnt mean France itself does muslims. France is a hardcoded catholic country with a problem with anyone who isnt french.
French here. We have a muslim community and there are mosques in a lot of cities, Bayeux doesn't have one because it's a small city and because no one will ever convert a fucking cathedral into a mosque. Also the vast majority of french aren't catholic. Most of us are atheist or simply don't care about religion.
Lindy you've become my new favorite UA-camr!
Could the guy drinking from the wrong end of the horn be a very early ivention of the beer bong? I.e. drinking beer from a funnel so the water pressure forces it down your throat and you become very drunk very fast. Could also just be a guy blowing a horn...
MegaPhester clearly he’s vaping
It's obviously a medieval vuvuzela
Just one of the bits of history we skimmed over in school. That was bloody good fun.
13:31
"Oi, I ain't a Norman, la' ey. You take that back!"
"What are you hitting me with? It looks a bit rude!"
"Well, it will if you animated it like that!"
lol
The sound and animation really sell the fun in this one. Great work.
„Mmhm beige“...
I was scrolling down the comments and right when he said mmhm beige I saw this comment perfect timing
Don't encourage him!
Loved the animation you added to the tapestry
This is essentially a glorified version of my history teacher's PowerPoint lesson. It's amazing. Much more informative than that '1066' song.
Great work Lindybeige!
Lindybeige can make me fully watch a 22 minute video about a medieval tapestry i havent even heard of previously
arte0021 How haven't you heard of it? How is that even possible? Ignorant fuck.
arte0021 thats impressive. Its not even a tapestry.
stop being rude! this is a part of british/french history. i`m fucking russian. i shouldnt be required to know all historical artifacts around the world
arte0021 considering how important britain and france have been even to russian history i am surpised but not surpised.
You are absolutely right. What's ignorant is assuming that all English speakers have English heritage. Don't take it to heart; this is the internet after all :)
One of my favourite of your videos to date!
One of your best sir.. Bravo
While I come to this Comments section late, I must say it is the most thorough and entertaining explanation of this very long piece of cloth I have ever enjoyed seeing and, more importantly, hearing.
Sir! you are scholar and a gentleman....
sometimes I wonder... how come you aint amongst the ranks of the "on-TV" and famous
godspeed
He is on the only TV that matters now, and he is famous. Just not as rich as if he was on old fashioned TV. Probably. He has a very nice accent. But his name isn't Norman, so his family might only be noveau riche - say less than 500 years old.
I am so glad that you replied to this comment! Please dont do it gain! 😝
last i knew he's a climate change denier, i'm sure the BBC would be happy to have him were that not the case.
Really? I find that very hard to believe. If so, my opinion of him has dropped a long way. Are you sure he hasn't just questioned some particular bits of climate science? Because the interweb does have a habit of just branding anyone with a question as a denier, doesn't it.
Agreed on all points @thisnicklldo ... i would really like to know as well and IF he is an actual denier, my opinion of him has dropped quite a bit as well.
Only you could've made this so awsomly enjoyable
Quite a lot of people pointed in 1066
A very pointed observation you have made there.
@@skymonster92 Nice of you to point out his observation
I see your point
With so many different languages being spoken perhaps pointing was the easiest way of communicating 👉
I was just looking for a video so I could learn for my class real quick, but this was actually really entertaining. I gotta start clicking on more videos about old tapestries
It is worth mentioning that at the time the punishment for traitorous behaviour what to be blinded. This may explain why the arrow in eye depiction was shown when most accounts very close to the event describe Harold being mowed down by a horse.
Matt Spaul
Huh that's a good point, I didn't know about the blindness punishment.
My theory has always been that the two figures are one and the same, and are supposed to imply that both events happened to Harold. He was shot in the face but survived, and THEN was ridden down and killed by a Norman Knight.
But the arrow stitching on the second figure (being ridden. down by a knight) was removed at a later date, perhaps because the benefactors thought it was embarrassing to admit that King Harold was brutally trampled to death by a horse, perhaps they thought being shot and killed by an archer was more a more noble death for a King.
Very informative and fun (I laughed at every mention of Harold's moustache XD). And thank you for adding the bit about Stamford Bridge!
You guys are very fortunate to have such an old and interesting piece of your history so well preserved and able to be interpreted. Good work Lindy.
Douglas Paulson closer to a thousand years old than not
Douglas, it's not just the history of contemporary inhabitants of Britain. Look at your name, Where'd you think your lot are from with names like that?
just plain awesome! thanks lindybeige
This video might just be my best most ever favourite thing. Ever. Thank you. (But it definitely is worth €9 to see the real thing. Nice city Bayeux. Beautiful Cathedral. Gift shop with a Mirage cockpit inside. Good stuff).
This is fantastically entertaining. Very charming presentation
Funny. I was looking to organise a trip to Bayeux next year to see the tapestry. Booked flights this morning.
Keep a tight hold of your falcon.
Support Lindybeige on Patreon (if you don't already), download this video as mp3, and hey presto: you've got yourself an audio tour!
Well worth it and there is a WW2 museum just outside the town too that is also well worth it.
great area to visit for history buffs, castles, churches and some beaches were some battle or other happened.;) And of course the cheeses, ciders etc. are great as well. The whole area feels historic, even for most Europeans like me who are more used to such features in their cities and lands, I think. One could also say France is rather stagnant, but it is a great museum for holidays.
Crikey this is a far better job of explaining the Bayeux Tapestry than my old history teacher did, some nearly 25 years ago. This was bloody marvelous, thanks Lloyd! you sir are an absolute star.
The most famous cartoon strip in British History! Love your interpretation...as only an Englishman can tell!
This video is fantastic. Better than almost any “professional” video.
The sails would have been square, yes, but I think square sails is what is depicted here. There are contemporary depictions of sails independent of the Bayeux tapestry which show sails in a similar style. It could be a popular depiction (just as the depiction of the trees aren't exactly up to snuff either), but what is interesting is that the sails end up in a rope, perhaps a rod, held by the pilot. If you look at the ships at the very beginning of the tapestry, it appears the sails are in the process of being furled or unfurled, and there you see them as more square (or rectangular). I suspect the depictions are a better representation than we tend to think today.
Gilmaris I think it's a device for explaining the sails are flexible.
If depicted as rectangles they would appear stiff.
The shape shown approximates a stylised side view of an unfurled sail.
Of course, he could be referring to any purveyor of dairy products.
My favorite out of all your videos Lloyd. I think it was a really creative and unique video.
Literally feels like I’m on a boat ride watching the walls depict a story with a narrator overhead telling what they mean. Like something that should be at Epcot. Haha
My favorite version of the interpretation of the Bayeux Tapestery (Not a tapestry, an Embroidery).
An embroiderer and lover of history.
Your version reminds me of Monty Python. Very British humor!
I wish you were my history teacher
He would be a cool history teacher, but I already have a really cool history teacher, so that's a bit of a conundrum :/
This is still my favorite Lindybeige video. I rewatched it in preparation for visiting the tapestry in Bayeux; he wasn't wrong about the tourists.
The embroidery stitch used is also called the Bayeux stitch. It is same stitch throughout entire tapestry and there are only eight different colors used. I have seen kits for sale from France and England if anyone is interested. They are beautiful ! LIndybeige do you embroider?
I find myself watching this video quite often.
great work with the video and animation
This looks like something a child drew and i love it all so much
Great work :D ; It wuold be great do something like this for the Trajan Column
I happen to know someone who did his PhD on Trajan's Column, and there is a copy in the V&A...
Lindybeige of his PhD or the column?
How wonderful to hear this whole thing narrated. Thank you!
Like an old worlde snapchat story. p.s i love this channel and Lloyd. Reminds me of one my uni professors. all passion and enthusiasm to inform.
Absolutely excellent work, Lindybeige! Very generous and entertaining.
This is amazing! It some of it makes my brain think of John Cleese's Roman character chastising Brian about his Latin.
Edit: I am amazed at your animations! It's magnificent!
/ps The Python is strong with you.
You mean the main centurion
I usually don´t comment on youtube channels but I must say after having recently found yours that it´s great. I use youtube because of it´s selection and choise, but I usually don´t find the content well enough produced to really contest with traditional media. I often find a lot of content even in narrow fields, but again since it is produced by average people there often lacks something. With this channel however I feel traditional media can´t or doesn´t at least produce anything remotely as good. Considering differences in budget etc. that´s actually rather amazing.
I want "Man In Tree Shouting THIC" on a t-shirt.
Is that the medieval version of a builder wolf whistling at a woman?
Thank you very much, Lloyd. I very much enjoyed that video from start to finish.