5/24/2023 0 Comments 1666 plague war and hellfire![]() ![]() Mythconception #2: We think we know the Queen of Sheba Is the first man Harold? Is the second? Could the figures show Harold’s death in sequence? There is no consensus. Created shortly after the battle, the tapestry shows two figures under the inscription: “Harold the King is killed.” The first figure has an arrow in his head, the second is being trampled by a horse. Scholars believe this is in part due to reports about the sophisticated archers present at the battle, but also because of the image believed to be Harold Godwinson on the Bayeux tapestry (which you will soon be able to see in the UK). It was not until the 12th century that chroniclers started to claim that he was killed by an arrow through the eye. The Carmen de Hastingae Proelio, written shortly after the battle, goes a little further and details how he was lanced in the chest, beheaded and had his entrails “liquefied” with a spear. Some sources simply state that he was killed in battle. ![]() ![]() It seems like one of the most certain facts in English history, but accounts relating to Harold Godwinson’s death vary considerably. ![]() The Bayeux tapestry has led to confusion over how King Harold was killed. ![]()
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