In late September 1066 William of Normandy arrives in Sussex for the decisive battle of the Norman Conquest. The question of who should be king of England is nearing a settlement. A resource for Key ...

The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an ...

You’re Dead To Me is the comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Every episode, Greg Jenner brings together the best ...

A power struggle in Rome may have shaped the invasion of England by William the Conqueror, a newly discovered papal letter reveals. It shows that the battle for England's crown was shaped by a bitter ...

King Harold’s famed 200‑mile march to the Battle of Hastings never happened as his army sailed instead, claims new research. The legendary 1066 yomp to the battlefield is in fact a myth as most of the ...

BATTLE ABBEY, England — Thousands of history buffs, many in full costume, marked the 950th anniversary of the 1066 Battle of Hastings with a dramatic reenactment Saturday that commemorated one of the ...

Period pilgrims lay siege to fields near the present-day town of Battle in tribute to the rise of England’s first Norman King, William the ConquerorPhotographs by Matthew Lloyd / Getty Images On Oct.

In order to see this content you need to have both Javascript enabled and Flash installed. Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions Reconstruction of the Battle of Hastings. A recreation of the Battle ...

A power struggle in Rome may have shaped the invasion of England by William the Conqueror, a newly discovered papal letter reveals. William, the Duke of Normandy, defeated Harold Godwinson and his ...