Vocabulary
a soldier - un soldat
a shield - un bouclier
a metal shirt - une cotte de maille
a lance
a helmet - un casque
a sword - une épée
an axe - une hache
an arrow - une flèche
Look at the pictures and fill in the text
We can see, the Saxons had axes but the Normans didn't.
The Normans had horses but the Saxons didn't.
Both armies had helmets , lances , shields , swords and metal shirts.
The Bayeux Tapestry
Listen and fill in the missing words.
The Bayeux Tapestry tells the story of The Battle of Hastings in 1066.
It is 70 meters long. The text is in Latin.
There are 623 humans, 2O2 horses, 41 ships, two thousand latin words and eight different colours.
In this scene, King Harold is killed by an arrow in his eye.
Listen to the information
The Bayeux Tapestry online
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/BayeuxContents.htm
http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/Bayeux27.htm