It is not a painting. It is not a scroll. It is not quite a tapestry, either. And yet, the Bayeux Tapestry, nearly 70 meters long and stitched with wool yarn on linen, remains one of the most cinematic works of medieval art ever created. It unfurls like a storyboard, chronicling the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066, culminating in the Battle of Hastings. But this is not just about war. It is about vision, spin, and the way art becomes authority. Can
