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'The 900th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings [in 1966] helped to generate more publicity [for the tapestry]: being able to see such a vivid and near-contemporary illustration of the most famous event in British history was far more exciting and immediate than reading about it....'

'I doubt whether anyone fully takes in what the Tapestry is till he has seen it with his own eyes.' - Edward Freeman, History of the Norman Conquest of England (1867-1876)

'In 1726, ... [William Stukely] abandoned his medical career in order to enter the church. His aim was to reconcile Christian doctrine with that of its alleged predecessors, the Druids. It was a tribute to the "broad church" of the day that the Archbishop of Canterbury was content to ordain Stukely on these grounds.'