. The book of the Bayeux tapestry : . not follow my predecessors in the criticism of this, for I can suggest nothingnew with regard to it. All who have written on the Tapestry with any carefor historical accuracy and for the spirit of research have admitted their in-competence to explain the thing. There follows upon it the riding out ofthe army across the neck of the Cotentin towards the Mont St. Michael,which was, as it were, the boundary stone between Brittany and Normandy;and here we have the first appearance of those knights in full armour, whichare so characteristic of the chief episodes
. The book of the Bayeux tapestry : . not follow my predecessors in the criticism of this, for I can suggest nothingnew with regard to it. All who have written on the Tapestry with any carefor historical accuracy and for the spirit of research have admitted their in-competence to explain the thing. There follows upon it the riding out ofthe army across the neck of the Cotentin towards the Mont St. Michael,which was, as it were, the boundary stone between Brittany and Normandy;and here we have the first appearance of those knights in full armour, whichare so characteristic of the chief episodes in the Tapestry and whose costumeis of such value to us in estimating its date. There was some incident atthe crossing of the Couesnon (the boundary river between Normandy andBrittany) which evidently vividly impressed contemporaries and which furtheremphasized the now intimate and personal bond between Harold and theNorman court. The river was forded. Men and horses got caught in the quicksands, and
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