LONDON — France will lend Britain the Bayeux Tapestry, allowing the 11th century masterpiece to come back across the Channel for the first time in more than 900 years. Britain will in exchange loan ...

Indeed, by 1077 the Tapestry had arrived in Normandy, and was displayed at Bayeux Cathedral. It has remained in France ever since, although it may have had a narrow escape during the French Revolution ...