The cheap tapestries were pleasant enough and may have conveyed a tast...  ...ey're even more fascinating if you see what these tapestries looked like before he went to work. For example,...

(Photo: BBC)On September 28, 1066, William the Bastard crossed the English Channel from Normandy to England. On October 14, his army met that of King Harold Godwinson at the coastal town of Hastings. As a result of that...