Where did the info come from for Bayeux Tapestry?

Answer 1

i think that William of normandys brother told some women to sew it.

so it was from the normans point of view.

The winners write the history books.

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The origin of the Bayeux Tapestry was William's wife Mathilde who had sewn it with a few other women. The tapestry depicts the Battle of Hastings 1066

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Actually, no one really knows who commissioned it. The best evidence lies with Bishop Odo of Bayeux being the commissioner since he shows up at least three times in the narrative where as Matilda does not. Also, it was found in storage in the Cathedral of Bayeux in 1476, a cathedral commissioned by Bishop Odo of Bayeux, William's half brother, in 1077.

Secondly, it could have also been from the Anglo saxon point of view as well. Many images throughout the tapestry point to and Anglo Saxon hand in it, namely, the throne on which Edward the Confessor sits in the first panel. The dog head motif is definitely Anglo Saxon. Though most of the architecture is Romanesque, the depiction of Bosham, the baronial castle of Harold, is Anglo Saxon.

The tapestry not only depicts The Battle of Hastings, it also shows the events of two years prior leading up to the Battle.