owned and administered by English Heritage and are open to the public. The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered narrative of the events leading up to Hastings probably commissioned by Odo of Bayeux soon after the battle, perhaps to hang at the bishop's palace at Bayeux. In modern times annual reenactments of the Battle of Hastings have drawn thousands of participants and spectators to the site of the original battle. Some English veterans of the battle left England and joined the Varangian Guard in Constantinople. They fought the Normans again at the Battle of Dyrrhachium in 1081, and were defeated again in similar circumstances. See also Ermenfrid Penitential Notes Citations References External links Official English Heritage site Origins of the conflict, the battle itself and its aftermath, BBC History website 1066 in England Battles involving England Battles involving the Anglo-Saxons Hastings Conflicts in 1066 Battle of History of East Sussex History of Sussex Military history of Hastings Military history of Sussex Norman conquest of England Registered historic battlefields in England William the Conqueror