The Bayeux Tapestry - all of it, from start to finish

[@TheIronArmenianakaGIHaigs]

i love the tapestry animations

[@romannowak8830]

Wow, i can’t say i expected you here. How is this 162 doing for you?

[@robertpearson8798]

They left me in stitches.

[@simonruszczak5563]

@@robertpearson8798 Stitches in time but not literally, it was embroidered, the fabric its on was though.

[@arturiaemiya8922]

Hey iron

[@ThejollyFrenchman]

I liked this. It really made me feel like an illiterate medieval peasant being told the story by a priest.

[@zoetropo1]

ThejollyFrenchman: by a humorous Breton priest.

[@Inmedoasred31]

hahahahahhaha

[@engleberteverything421]

Imagine Lindybeige as a priest.

[@-YELDAH]

H00P 11:07

[@matthewaleman4401]

@@engleberteverything421 he’s far to intelligent and logical for that

[@PaulPaulPaulson]

It's like reconstructing a presentation just from the power point slides.

[@benleydon]

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

[@benleydon]

oh, and isn't your national flag just the Russian flag with a silly cross on it?

[@coryman125]

Basically my university experience

[@the1exnay]

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

[@ibbi30]

Sounds finals prep in some courses...

[@vaildog1]

I feel like there’s an unbroken cultural through line between this tapestry and Monty Python animations

[@meyr1992]

maybe just maybe monty python got inspiration from anglo saxons art?? terry jones was kind of a nerd about medieval history

[@LuciloPCJr]

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

[@samh3305]

haha

[@ToozdaysChild]

"And it is said, that this child became the greatest monarch of history."

[@rurushu8094]

LuciloJr daddy lloyd

[@didnut]

Yes

[@Quicksilver_Cookie]

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.

[@AvailableUsernameTed]

It's the winners who get to embroider history.

[@zoetropo1]

Pipe2DevNull: not necessarily, and in the BT’s case, no.

[@StoutProper]

Pipe2DevNull history is kind to those who write it

[@simonruszczak5563]

The winners wives in this case.

[@Likexner]

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.

[@reginaldtickle74]

There was a lot of effort put into this, and that animation: classic British comedy.

[@dinosaurhead11]

Lindybeige.. doing what the history channel hasn't been able to do since the nineties! thanks for the entertaining and educational content!

[@vadimflaks7795]

A theory: giant woody asparagus is now extinct, because it was such a fantastic material for shipbuilding that the english overharvested it.

[@BigDave15]

The Normans were the ones chopping down trees/giant woody asparagus in the video/on the embroidery. And they were doing so in Normandy.

[@thomasraahauge5231]

#OhForTheLoveOfLOL

[@StoutProper]

BigDave15 and then they did the same in England

[@Killzoneguy117]

And that children is how British Thassalocracy began

[@secretbaguette]

Nay, it was the Dutch's fault

[@photofanatiker]

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! :)

[@magellanicraincloud]

Fantastic animation mate! Brilliant video all around.

[@notspacekeeper]

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.

[@felixd6001]

It looks like a lot of time and precise efforts have been put into them! Bravo to them, indeed!

[@wu1ming9shi]

What amazes me is that despite the weird proportins the skill with which this was made is quite high.

[@MrTomte09]

Now do Trajan's column.

[@raresuta5895]

Yes please !

[@isaacshultz8128]

Yes do trajans column

[@annalieff-saxby568]

Fabulous idea. Yes, please.

[@pegleg2959]

You have terrible manners.

[@brucelownhole]

In a single ascending rotating take

[@HerrGausF]

I visited the original in Bayeux in September. Quite a sight to behold. Free entry on weekends and barely a crowd...

[@BTheHeretic]

8:00 Stigant wasn't there to perform the coronation. He merely presented Harold the holy hand grenade of Antioch

[@lindybeige]

They didn't have the Book of Armaments, so that would have been dangerous.

[@wierdalien1]

Lindybeige I honestly thought you called him a ferret not a cleric. Though the context did t help

[@lordchickenhawk]

@@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

[@secretbaguette]

@@lindybeige It's not too difficult, count to three, no more than three... What was the second step? Throw it. Sheyet! Explodes holily*

[@FrancisCWolfe]

William kept Stigand as archbishop so maybe that's why he appears.

[@drtee51]

The first graphic novel! Excellent, informative, and entertaining presentation! Thank you!

[@Gilmaris]

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.

[@wierdalien1]

Gilmaris it was probably women and they were probably english. So it could be a code

[@jaaksootak318]

Locket!

[@lindybeige]

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.

[@Gilmaris]

I _was_ trying to be facetious. I guess I need more practice.

[@fredkeebox829]

@Gilmaris it was too plausible to be /obviously/ facetious.

[@dorkmax7073]

The figure named Turold was the messenger. The name "Turold" is recorded in the Domesday Book as a vassal of Odo in Kent.

[@mattlilly2303]

Looks like a fabulous moustache and a hawk is all you need to be king of England back then.

[@lindybeige]

And a colourful horse and a pack of hounds.

[@floatingf8783]

@@lindybeige So it's possible Mr. Burns was once the King of England?

[@MemphiStig]

that or a sword given to you by some watery tart

[@mortalclown3812]

@@MemphiStig I'm going to remember that term for the rest of my life.😂

[@thomasbell7033]

@@mortalclown3812 It's from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. 47 years on, I still laughed when I saw the watery tart invoked here.

[@berendsteentjes2884]

Amazing editing. I am going to watch this again when I'm stoned

[@Toniherrscher]

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!

[@lindybeige]

Wikipedia doesn't like people linking to their own works. I have to hope that someone else puts in a link.

[@Shenorai]

Gotta admit: I did not expect the rude shovels.

[@secretbaguette]

Sheyet, I can't like... cause reasons.

[@jimmorgan8688]

We are so lucky to have this historical piece of art.

[@iyatemu]

Jim Morgan I agree, Lloyd is a blessing to have.

[@thierryrebillard6432]

Pour cela il vous faudra traverser la Manche pour voir cette pièce a Bayeux (France)

[@urmum3773]

@@thierryrebillard6432 Or just go to the Reading museum, and view it for free :D

[@brittanyhayes1043]

This is the best and funniest narration about a historical tapestry reading I ever watched.

[@jasonsomers8224]

"No, my horse is just really far away." What a great line

[@Harambae613]

“Small…far away…small….far away…”

[@OhMyTwitch]

I can't even imagine how long this must've taken. Thank you so much for all your hard work for us!

[@JacobDeckerPhoto]

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

[@BronzeTheSling]

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.

[@jimbob3332]

The Entire Bayeux Tapestry but every time William the Bastard is seen or mentioned the French laughing gets louder and louder

[@PaganShredhead]

Hon hon hon *Raises white flag*

[@adamfrisk956]

White or not, Frenchy-Danes got London.

[@wierdalien1]

Garswoodlatic more than possible. Or Odo just wanted to rib his brother.

[@zoetropo1]

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.

[@zoetropo1]

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.

[@Beardshire]

Perfect, and what I will direct people to in the future when asked about this Tapestry.

[@tomstafford7510]

Who knew a tapestry could be so interesting....

[@BigDave15]

Technically, it isn't a tapestry, so doesn't tells us how interesting one would be. (It's an embroidery).

[@ItsMeBenson]

Fantastic video. Thank you! And thanks for not putting ads in the middle 😅🙏

[@interestedlen8823]

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.

[@Myzelfa]

I felt like I was in the museum, listening to the audio commentary. I hope that's what you were going for.

[@AnthonyBerkshire]

„Mmhm beige“...

[@samueltonnesson691]

I was scrolling down the comments and right when he said mmhm beige I saw this comment perfect timing

[@Akm72]

Don't encourage him!

[@Grymbaldknight]

Absolutely fantastic. I shall show this to others if ever they want to know about your channel.

[@Samuel-ni7vv]

This video is a goldmine for my lindybeige soundboard.

[@vivapharaon]

I was born in Bayeux so i've seen many times, you did a great video on this beautiful piece of history

[@daltoncook209]

This is easily one of my favorite videos of yours, the animation and acting cracks me up.

[@Wayzor_]

I find myself watching this video quite often.

[@MegaPhester]

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...

[@breaden4381]

MegaPhester clearly he’s vaping

[@Thetarget1]

It's obviously a medieval vuvuzela

[@zukriuchen]

This is fantastically entertaining. Very charming presentation

[@thenekkidtruth2324]

Who hasn't wondered what the Bayeaux Tapestry story was all about? And it's more fascinating than I even thought - so good!

[@warped_rider]

"What are you hittin' me with? It looks a bit RUDE!" Terry Gilliam would be pleased with these animations, I think.

[@MadHatter42]

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!

[@spamquisition4046]

Lloyd doesn't like tea though...

[@djynfxxbdhtbrn6854]

Acil Sobirin unimportant *large sip of tea*

[@MadHatter42]

True, BUT I DO! *begins drinking straight from the pot*

[@jamie896745]

wat

[@marsoz_]

Aussie or Brit?

[@LukasNse]

I've rewatched this video like three times over the course of 5 months. Still gets me every time 😂!

[@spo666tty]

Yes! Thank you for making a video on this, Lindy! Such an important part of our history.

[@brandonletzko2472]

This video is fantastic. Better than almost any “professional” video.

[@ihateyankees3655]

This is my new favorite anime.

[@Sgrunterundt]

Even better than the manga

[@wwmoggy]

your gonna love the Hentai version

[@DrumDudeMatt]

Loved the animation you added to the tapestry

[@therunningidiot]

My goodness that looked like a lot o work! Thanks for it, Lloyd. Always brightens my day when you upload.

[@facecrash24]

Just one of the bits of history we skimmed over in school. That was bloody good fun.

[@BigDaz]

Could the wonky oars could be an attempt to depict refraction?

[@fredkeebox829]

Surely not, most sea / river water is too murky. No?

[@jakecode103]

This looks like something a child drew and i love it all so much

[@absurdist5134]

I utterly love the detail when you explain things. I learn a lot from your videos and I really quite like that. Cheers.

[@lakonikos8791]

Man, this is one of the best things I’ve seen on KZbin. Hands down to you, sir. A gentleman, a scholar and an entertainer.

[@Ikonicre_Moonshield]

This is brilliant stuff! Great narration, animation and historical content. Nearly choked on my tea at the "King Harold the Second" choir.

[@Rutherford_Inchworm_III]

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.

[@hui-an-xin]

This has to be one of the greatest, hilarious, most epic videos I've ever seen. Brilliant!

[@RyanCFoster]

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 KZbin.

[@plenkman]

"oi, I got me a blue-green pig, what'd you get??" "HOOP."

[@konornunan-reynolds8865]

Rope 😂

[@thedeaderer8791]

Only you could've made this so awsomly enjoyable

[@francismarshalek2021]

One of your best sir.. Bravo

[@wolflahti412]

I garnered no idea from pictures in art books of the scale of the tapestry. That thing is frakkin' enormous!

[@MattSpaul]

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.

[@Edithae]

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.

[@angelanapoleone7230]

Very informative and fun (I laughed at every mention of Harold's moustache XD). And thank you for adding the bit about Stamford Bridge!

[@jwatson078555]

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).

[@Sourdo1]

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.

[@jasoncowley4718]

Quite a lot of people pointed in 1066

[@skymonster92]

A very pointed observation you have made there.

[@justsomeguywithagasmask8203]

@@skymonster92 Nice of you to point out his observation

[@floatingf8783]

I see your point

[@NorrisHistoryCorner]

With so many different languages being spoken perhaps pointing was the easiest way of communicating 👉

[@matthewmikulice3159]

Lindy you've become my new favorite KZbinr!

[@arte0021]

Lindybeige can make me fully watch a 22 minute video about a medieval tapestry i havent even heard of previously

[@eisaatana96]

arte0021 How haven't you heard of it? How is that even possible? Ignorant fuck.

[@wierdalien1]

arte0021 thats impressive. Its not even a tapestry.

[@arte0021]

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

[@wierdalien1]

arte0021 considering how important britain and france have been even to russian history i am surpised but not surpised.

[@skepticalbadger]

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 :)

[@uliuchu4318]

just plain awesome! thanks lindybeige

[@jaymz6473]

Funny. I was looking to organise a trip to Bayeux next year to see the tapestry. Booked flights this morning.

[@09EvoX]

Keep a tight hold of your falcon.

[@daanwilmer]

Support Lindybeige on Patreon (if you don't already), download this video as mp3, and hey presto: you've got yourself an audio tour!

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

Well worth it and there is a WW2 museum just outside the town too that is also well worth it.

[@Drumsgoon]

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.

[@michaelthompson2363]

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

[@lunoxmos7623]

This is essentially a glorified version of my history teacher's PowerPoint lesson. It's amazing. Much more informative than that '1066' song.

[@Vyrilien]

One of my favourite of your videos to date!

[@therampanthamster]

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!

[@charleswood4635]

Haven't they made it into a mosque yet ?

[@wierdalien1]

Charles Wood its france you friggin nut job. They dont do muslims

[@purpleanex]

Alistair Shaw, have you ever thought about thinking before you post? You've no idea about Algeria obviously.

[@wierdalien1]

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.

[@Knoloaify]

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.

[@ric6383]

Great work Lindybeige!

[@LabRat10101]

Lindybeige's knitted jumper, all of it. From start to finnished?.

[@cerwelt]

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!

[@Gilmaris]

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.

[@AndyJarman]

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.

[@bankerduck4925]

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.

[@TalalAlkhadra]

Sir! you are scholar and a gentleman.... sometimes I wonder... how come you aint amongst the ranks of the "on-TV" and famous godspeed

[@thisnicklldo]

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.

[@TalalAlkhadra]

I am so glad that you replied to this comment! Please dont do it gain! 😝

[@gramursowanfaborden5820]

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.

[@thisnicklldo]

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.

[@Schmuni]

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.

[@mpersad]

One of the finest, best researched and funniest evaluations of the Bayeux Tapestry you will ever see! All hail Lindybeige!

[@mageofthehavelvariety7937]

I wish you were my history teacher

[@firstname4097]

He would be a cool history teacher, but I already have a really cool history teacher, so that's a bit of a conundrum :/

[@psalmas9011]

I love your sense of humor Lindbeige.

[@anaveragesoviettankfromthe70s]

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!"

[@matteokramer5870]

lol

[@triggerhippy2826]

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.

[@themanzarek3362]

Great work :D ; It wuold be great do something like this for the Trajan Column

[@lindybeige]

I happen to know someone who did his PhD on Trajan's Column, and there is a copy in the V&A...

[@wierdalien1]

Lindybeige of his PhD or the column?

[@GuntherRommel]

Thank you very much, Lloyd. I very much enjoyed that video from start to finish.

[@N3rD44LiFe]

Sometimes silent movies just arent vintage enough.

[@carapo66]

Loved this, informative and enlightening. Thanks.

[@dburgd99]

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?

[@benbowmen6650]

I think I've watched his four different times. It's just simply amazing.

[@marksolarz3756]

The most famous cartoon strip in British History! Love your interpretation...as only an Englishman can tell!

[@farmertyler8087]

It’s been about 3 years since I took latin. This was a nice refresher

[@kurojima]

great work with the video and animation

[@austinmeadowswilkerson8428]

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.

[@captaincokecan]

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.

[@CasualInventor]

Now this is some *serious* editing. Funny and illuminating, highly enjoyable.