The Battle of Hastings had a huge effect on the history of England which can still be felt today. Due to William’s French roots, it suddenly became fashionable to speak French and words such as ...

As soon as Harold heard the news, already battle-weary ... the main cause of William's victory at Hastings? This clip will be relevant for teaching History in secondary schools in the UK.

In the United Kingdom, a team of archaeologists found what is believed to be the lost home of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. They conducted new surveys, assessed existing ...

Many scholars now say that the notion that the Battle of Hastings had a lunch break came ... who in the 1080s wrote a history of the Normans. He was writing in Italy and scholars now believe ...

In 1215, King John of England faced discontent from his Barons, leading to the creation of the Magna Carta, a landmark ...

The long-lost palace of King Harold II, who was defeated at the Battle of Hastings, has been located in Sussex. Archaeologists from Newcastle and Exeter universities have pinpointed the political ...

He invaded England and defeated King Harold II at the battle of Hastings on 14th October 1066 (the English army had defeated an invading Norwegian force in the north of England in late September and ...

Everyone schoolboy knows Hastings, 1066. Yet Tettenhall, 910 – a bloodbath that shaped the boundaries of this nation – has been near erased from history ... to give the Battle of Tettenhall ...