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The tapestry is really neat as a piece of... propaganda, for lack of a better term. I don't mean that negatively, but just that that's the closest term that I c

The tapestry is really neat as a piece of... propaganda, for lack of a better term. I don't mean that negatively, but just that that's the closest term that I can think of for it. I saw it in Bayeux a couple years ago and was struck by how it's written almost like a comic book so that the general public (illiterate at the time) would be able to learn this history. Like, of course, history written by the victors, the tapestry's not necessarily the truth, but just the techniques used to convey its message almost a thousand years ago were surprisingly similar

chasil 28d ago
I would qualify that as X-rated propaganda. https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/bayeux-tapestry-penis-why-norman-conquest-battle-hastings-william-conqueror/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/bayeux-tapestry... https://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/who-was-the-mysterious-aelfgyva-in-the-bayeux-tapestry/ https://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/who-was-the-mysterious-...
Fomite 28d ago
Once you know about it, there's also a lot of symbolic shorthand for recognition and the like.
Suppafly 28d ago
>The tapestry is really neat as a piece of... propaganda, for lack of a better term. Honestly, I've been hearing so much about the Bayeux tapestry lately, that I'd almost believe that someone is being paid to promote it.
frm88 28d ago
Conservators use a precise tracking system to ensure that the total amount of light the artefact receives does not exceed a safe annual threshold. These limits are essential for ensuring that the tapestry remains in a condition suitable for future generations to study and admire. Still, a private viewing and light exposure for Peter Thiel, who isn't even a patron of the British Museum, doesn't seem to be a problem. https://www.londondaily.news/british-museum-faces-questions-over-peter-thiels-private-bayeux-tapestry-viewing/ https://www.londondaily.news/british-museum-faces-questions-...
TitaRusell 28d ago
Most people couldn't read. It's the same reason why Catholics have all these statues. In the 16th century a sizeable literate middle class in combination with book printing changed Western civilization profoundly.

chasil 28d ago

I would qualify that as X-rated propaganda. https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/bayeux-tapestry-penis-why-norman-conquest-battle-hastings-william-conqueror/ https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/bayeux-tapestry... https://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/who-was-the-mysterious-aelfgyva-in-the-bayeux-tapestry/ https://www.medievalists.net/2012/11/who-was-the-mysterious-...

Fomite 28d ago

Once you know about it, there's also a lot of symbolic shorthand for recognition and the like.

Suppafly 28d ago

>The tapestry is really neat as a piece of... propaganda, for lack of a better term. Honestly, I've been hearing so much about the Bayeux tapestry lately, that I'd almost believe that someone is being paid to promote it.

frm88 28d ago

Conservators use a precise tracking system to ensure that the total amount of light the artefact receives does not exceed a safe annual threshold. These limits are essential for ensuring that the tapestry remains in a condition suitable for future generations to study and admire. Still, a private viewing and light exposure for Peter Thiel, who isn't even a patron of the British Museum, doesn't seem to be a problem. https://www.londondaily.news/british-museum-faces-questions-over-peter-thiels-private-bayeux-tapestry-viewing/ https://www.londondaily.news/british-museum-faces-questions-...

TitaRusell 28d ago

Most people couldn't read. It's the same reason why Catholics have all these statues. In the 16th century a sizeable literate middle class in combination with book printing changed Western civilization profoundly.