The Bayeux Tapestry and the Domesday Book

Study note

The Battle of Hastings is commemorated in a great piece of embroidery called the Bayeux Tapestry, which can still be seen in France today. After the conquest, William sent people across England to list the towns, villages, people, landowners and animals. This great survey was called the Domesday Book, which still exists and shows what society was like just after the Norman Conquest.

Memory tip: Bayeux Tapestry pictures Hastings (kept in France); Domesday Book = William's great survey.