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Odo of Bayeux c.1030 –97

c. 1030–97

Mark Rathbone looks at the rise and fall of Odo, Bishop of Bayeaux

Source A In the Bayeux Tapestry, Bishop Odo, sitting on the right, advises his half-brother William about plans for the invasion

1 Study Source A. In what ways does this section of the tapestry seek to show that Odo was an important person?

It was Winston Churchill who said, ‘History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.’ But he was by no means the first statesman to realise that if you want to go down in history as a great man, it is a good plan to control what is written about the events in which you have played a part.

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