Showing posts with label 1066. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1066. Show all posts

Thursday, 3 February 2011

William the Bastard's Papal Banner


Another one flag post for today, this time we have my version of William the Bastard, the Duke of Normandy's Papal banner. I've taken the flag from the only source the Bayeux Tapastry, The only pictures I could find online were not great, so there's a little artistic liceanse used, but so what the tapastry was made some 10 years, (approx) after the battle, and there seems to be no end of speculation as to who and where it was made.
The banner itself was carried by Eustace of Boulogne and was given to the future king of England by the pope, Alexander II to battle the so called usurper Harold Godwinson.

Monday, 31 January 2011

King Harold's Standard 1066


Just one flag in todays post, it's my version of King Harold Godwinson's fighting man standard. It's the same basic template as my Viking flags. I found a picture of a Saxon huscarls online and coloured it gold changing it slightly to try and make it look like the figures on the Bayeux Tapestry. I've a few more Viking flags all ready, but that's another post!!