An Oxford academic thinks the placement of penises along the border of the Bayeux Tapestry might be a commentary on the 11 ...

However, 20th-century scholarly analysis concluded it was most likely commissioned by William’s half-brother, Bishop Odo of Bayeux, in the 1070s. After the Conquest, Odo was named Earl of Kent ...

Bishop Odo of Bayeux seems the most likely patron of the Bayeux Tapestry. Not only was he William the Conqueror’s half-brother and a powerful politician in his own right, but the Tapestry gives ...