Medieval England was in thrall to the powerful, French-speaking elite installed by William the Conqueror from 1066. As land-owning lords, the Normans dominated politically and economically, building ...

A NEW drama-documentary series, 1066: A Year to Conquer England, is coming soon to BBC Two. The show will explore the political intrigues and family betrayals that led to war. The Anglo-Saxons are a ...

The BBC is to provide viewers with a definitive look at a seminal period of history, the resonances of which can still be felt today, in a season focusing on the Normans across BBC Two, BBC Four and ...

For many years, a Viking host led by a charismatic brigand, Rollo, had been pillaging up and down the Seine. But when he overextended himself with an attack on the cathedral city of Chartres in 911, ...

The Normans became masters of England, a centralised kingdom, in a matter of a few years. Wales, far more decentralized than England, proved resistant to the Normans' power. During the reign of ...

1066. Mention that year to pretty much anyone educated in Britain during the last couple of hundred years and they'll tell you exactly what it means, but here are the headlines: Edward the Confessor ...

Ten sixty-six is the most memorable date in English history. On October 14 that year Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, and most of his army were cut down at the Battle of Hastings, and ...