What three female figures in the Bayeux tapestry reveal about medieval women

The Bayeux tapestry is one of the most famous pieces of material culture produced in medieval England. The tapestry is fundamentally important for our understanding of the Norman conquest, telling us what happened and how it was remembered. The embroidery was most probably made by a group of English women, who were famed for their needlework across Europe. The story of the tapestry starts around 1064, with King Edward the Confessor sending Harold Godwinson, then Earl of Wessex, on a visit to…