The Norman conquest of England was triggered by a succession crisis that followed the death of Edward the Confessor in 1066. While England defeated a Norwegian invasion in the north, its exhausted ...

THIS month of October completes the eighth century since the battle of Hastings, perhaps the most important action that the modern world has known, with the single exception of the conflict that ...

Morris (A Great and Terrible King) brilliantly revisits the Norman Conquest, “the single most important event in English history,” by following the body-strewn fortunes of its key players: England’s ...

Archaeologists from Cardiff University and the University of Sheffield have combined the latest scientific methods to offer new insights into life during the Norman Conquest of England. Until now, the ...

After the Norman Conquest of 1066, England was absorbed into a powerful ruling class that was culturally, politically, and linguistically French. Over the next century, this evolved into the Angevin ...

LONDON (AP) — The Bayeux Tapestry, a 70-meter- (229 foot)-long medieval artwork that depicts the Norman conquest of England, will be displayed in Britain next year for the first time in 900 years. It ...

(CNN) — Often referred to as the world’s most famous medieval artwork, the Bayeux Tapestry is both an intricate illustration of the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and a ...

Tom Licence is currently working on a new biography of Edward the Confessor to be published in 2020 as part of the acclaimed series Yale English Monarchs. With their metal detectors and spades ...

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Silver pennies depicting William (left) and Harold (right)(Pippa Pearce/© The Trustees of the British Museum) On October 14, 1066, William the Conqueror (r. 1066–1087) defeated the last Anglo-Saxon ...