The Tapestry is rich in detail about the events and people it depicts.

It shows specific individuals by name: Harold, William, Edward the Confessor, Norman nobles and bishops.

It depicts battle scenes with specificity, armored knights on horseback, shield walls of infantry, arrows flying.

It shows the English coast, the Channel crossing, the Norman camp, the moments before and during the battle.

But the Tapestry, for all its extraordinary detail, shows the conquest from above.

It shows the powerful acting on history.