A missing fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry was discovered in the state archives of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s northernmost ...

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

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027, a natural son of Robert, Duke of Normandy and a girl called Herleve. He invaded England and defeated King Harold II at the ...

The Bayeux Tapestry, of course. Stretching across a 70-centimetre-wide and 70-metre-long cloth, the tapestry tells the story of William the Conqueror’s 1066 invasion of England. It’s been on ...

Its reopening will be in time to mark the millennium of the birth of William the Conqueror. A new extension to the Grand Seminary, designed by the British architectural firm RSHP, will house the ...

A lost fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry stolen by a Nazi scientist has been rediscovered in Germany and will be repatriated to ...

Sally: Here we are, William the Conqueror - born in 1028, around a thousand years ago. Harry: I like his crown. Sally: And that's one of his castles in France behind him. Fatima: Let's go take a look.

The first documented coronation at Westminster was that of William the Conqueror on 25th December 1066. Before this year there had been no fixed location for the ceremony. Edward the Confessor does ...

On this very rare penny, minted between 1066 and 1068, we see the bust of William The Conqueror, wearing a crown and shown standing under a canopy. His name and title (REX = king) are shown around ...

EXCLUSIVE: James Norton was fresh-faced as he greeted a London Screenings crowd to talk about his upcoming period drama King & Conqueror, but that was not the case during filming in Iceland. “I was ...

At the Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror triumphed, changing the face of medieval Europe and the course of English history. An account of the life of this extraordinary Norman warrior who ...