In a world determined to sideline her, Empress Matilda tested the medieval world's understanding of who could rule.

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Welcome to the newly relaunched History Hit YouTube channel! For our first video we’ve recreated the Battle of Hastings using the video game Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia. We’re releasing this ...

The Battle of Hastings in 1066 stands as a watershed moment in British history, reshaping the trajectory of the nation for centuries to come. Prior to this pivotal clash, England was a patchwork of ...

When it came to the sighting of comets and meteors, experienced as eerie apparitions in the sky, ancient cultures understood them as omens sent by the gods. Without the benefits of modern-day science ...

Nearly three years ago Jena Dennis drove back home after a long day of searching for properties in Palatka. On the very edge of St. Johns County, neighboring East Palatka, a small street caught her ...

Michigan State will be the place to be on Saturday, with a full day of festivities leading up to a big-time game against Boston College. The Spartans will play host to Boston College on Saturday night ...

Millie Horton-Insch receives funding from the Leverhulme Trust. Britain appears to be a nation on the verge of Norman-conquest mania. In July, the prime minister and the French president announced ...

As the opening shots of the BBC’s King & Conqueror written by Michael Robert Johnson unfold, the sounds of swords clashing and voices shouting explode - as you can only imagine on a 1066 battlefield.

Earlier today the BBC dropped all eight episodes of new historical drama series King & Conqueror onto iPlayer. Starring James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, as King Harold and William The Conqueror ...