bishop odo

• what is the timeline for the career of bishop odo?

  • 1049 -william makes odo bishop of bayeux
  • 1066 -odo contributes 100 ships to williams invasion fleet and fights at battle of hastings
  • 1067 -made co-regent of england
  • 1088 -leads barons in revolt against william II
• what was odos relation to william?

  half brother
• why was odo being appointed as bishop of bayuex significant?

  odo had a bad reputation which had kept him out of church leadership until william appointed him
• what else does odo do whilst fighting during the battle of hastings?

  rallies panicking troops with the bayuex tapestry
• what was significant about odo showing the tapestry?

  it was norman propaganda which boosted the fact that william was englands rightful king