Archaeologists believe they found a residence of medieval ruler Harold Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. A nearby church and toilet were vital clues.

The Vikings were defeated but the Normans succeeded in conquering England, bringing to an end Anglo-Saxon England. This is known as the Norman Conquest. The Normans, or 'North-men', were ...

“The realisation that the 2006 excavations had found, in effect, an Anglo-Saxon en-suite confirmed to us that this house sits on the site of an elite residence pre-dating the Norman Conques ...

Also, the Norman Conquest likely eradicated most evidence of its predecessors, Creighton added. The discovery not only sheds light on the final Anglo-Saxon king, it also provides a rare window ...

Under the patronage of Anglo-Norman nobles and Welsh landed officials, the Poets of the Aristocracy thrived. The Conquest of Wales was a traumatic event. When Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was killed in ...

Professor Oliver Creighton from the University of Exeter said: "The Norman Conquest replaced England’s Anglo-Saxon elite with a new ruling class, leaving few physical traces of their predecessors.

Indeed, it has a similar significance for the world as do the conquest and Hispanization of Mexico and Peru ... He extrapolates from this to the bit-by-bit spread of the original Anglo-Saxon kingships ...

But it is the six centuries of Anglo-Saxon rule, from shortly after the departure of the Roman colonizers, around A.D. 410, to the Norman Conquest in 1066, that most define what we now call England.

Also, the Norman Conquest likely eradicated most evidence of its predecessors, Creighton added. The discovery not only sheds light on the final Anglo-Saxon king, it also provides a rare window ...