What was the final and best-known work of Anglo-Saxon art?

It used to be thought that that the Bayeaux Tapestry was created in Normandy but more recent research has shown that it was actually sewn by Anglo-saxon nuns in England. The Normans forcing the conquered English to make something celebrating their own defeat. Talk about rubbing salt into the wound!

CombativeDynamo96392, No, in fact it is displayed in Normandy, but made in England by Englishwomen.

The Bayeaux Tapestry was sewn by Norman women to commemorate a Nirman conquest over the Anglo Saxons. Duh Normans

Tincantitan1, tapestry is not woven. It was and still is a form of embroidery.

SloaneRanger2019, The Normans were descendents of Vikings.

tree, it’s on display in the château of Angers, France

It’s an embroidery though, not a tapestry.

tree, in the town of Bayeux

SloaneRanger2019, hear, hear.. and why if it's made in England didn't it stay in England!!??

nimblemoon, The tapestry is 70 metres long ! You’ll have to wait for I Phone 475 to get a screen that big!

Tincantitan1, Breaking news! Norman forgers can’t even fake tapestry properly!

tree, the answer to your question is in the name of the tapestry

Tincantitan1, ! Wikipedia inaccurate and vague?? Imagine that

This has not been firmly accepted at all and the Wikipedia information here is both inaccurate and vague. The truth? Nobody can really agree. In fact it's not even a tapestry as the design is not woven into the material, which is what tapestry is. It's actually embroidery. It's in the style of Anglo-Saxon but historians cannot agree or even say for certain who commissioned it. Both Queen Matilda (William the conqueror's wife) and Bishop Odo (who later became Earl of Kent) have both been suggested. We'll probably never know.

SloaneRanger2019, where is it? Paris?

I must check this as I agree with the other people who said it was sewn by the Normans not Anglo Saxons.

Wish they'd shown a picture of it.

the Bayeux Tapestry wss sewn by M atilda pf Flanders to show her husband's triumph over the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. it was not made by the Anglo-Saxons

somersetroad, You are right

CombativeDynamo96392, I am going to look this up I have never heard of this before and it sounds very interesting