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CAVALRY CHARGE
The Battle of Hastings was commemorated
shortly after the event in the Bayeux Tapestry. In
this scene from the tapestry, Norman horsemen
with kite-shaped shields charge Anglo-Saxon
housecarls wielding double-handed axes.
