Anglo-Saxon soldiers flee from the battlefield after the Battle of Hastings. English soldiers with maces flee on foot or on stolen horses. Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman Conquest 1066. Fuite des Anglais. Handcoloured lithograph by Villain after an illustration by Horace de Viel-Castel from his Collection des costumes, armes et meubles pour servir à l'histoire de la France (Collection of costumes, weapons and furniture to be used in the history of France), Treuttel & Wurtz, Bossange, 1829.

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