The idea that a battle might alter the course of history, though first popularised in the 19th century, is not without foundation. For as one writer remarked a generation after 1066, ‘French customs ...

A digital avatar featuring the head and voice of King Richard III has gone on display at York Theatre Royal in northern England. Richard was king of England from 1483 ...

Philip was a complex character. Fiercely pious, he damaged his health by going on the Third Crusade (1189-1192), and he expelled the Jews from France in 1182, seizing their property. Yet he defied the ...

The Devil's Crown was a BBC limited series which dramatised the reigns of three medieval Kings of England: Henry II and his sons Richard the Lionheart and John. It was broadcast in thirteen 55-minute ...

James Norton leads the King and Conqueror cast as Harold of Wessex, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. Set in the 11th century, the eight-part BBC One drama traces the origins of the Norman ...

Migration into England was continuous from the Romans through to the Normans and men and women moved from different places and at different rates, a study finds. The researchers found early medieval ...

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