Saxons resist Norman rule after 1066? William faced several serious rebellions between 1068 and 1071, but in the end remains ...

Lady Godiva was married to Leofric, the 'grim' Earl of Mercer and Lord of Coventry, a man of great power and importance. The chronicler Florence of Worcester mentions Leofric and Godiva, but does not ...

In reverse historical order, Domesday is the exemplum of what not to do, which is turn an average idea for In Our Time on Radio 4 into an hour-long documentary for the television. This is the greatest ...

An historian says the discovery of about 40 bodies could be "one of the biggest finds" of its kind. The 110 Anglo-Saxon skeletons were unearthed during excavations near Bamburgh Castle. Gordon Taylor ...

As the crow flies the Goblet travelled 2500 miles from Eygpt but by sea and land it probably had a longer journey.In 1827 a group of workmen planting trees on the hill top of Highdown, north-west of ...

This gold strip carries the Latin inscription: "Rise up O Lord, and may thy enemies be dispersed and those who hate thee be driven from thy face." It has two sources, the Book of Numbers or Psalm 67, ...

BBC America’s powerful new historical drama “The Last Kingdom” tells the story that made England possible, and with it the flourishing of Anglo-Saxon culture and law that underpin America as well. The ...

Long before it became the top exporter of brooding BBC actors or steamed puddings, the United Kingdom was simply a cold, rocky island off the coast of Europe. It wasn’t until the arrival of ...