Following a warm, dry summer, Saturday, Oct. 14, in the year 1066, was a cool, dry day in southern England. It is thought to ...

A beloved British actor is set to step into the role of one of Britain's most infamous King's for an upcoming period drama ...

Watch the first trailer for the hotly anticipated new historical drama picturing the Battle of Hastings, as a release date is finally given. King & Conqueror.

One of the earliest scenes stitched onto the approximately 224-foot-long (68.3-meter) masterpiece depicts Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, enjoying a feast at one of his ...

Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced by ...

Gytha Godwinson, one of King Harold's daughters, was an all but forgotten figure until a chance genealogical twist inspired author Ellen Alpsten to reimagine the young royal in a gripping ...

Medieval people would have interacted with the embroidered players, giving them voice and enabling them to join the ...

Following Edward's death, Harold Godwinson, the Earl of Wessex, took the English throne. In some parts of the country he was perhaps viewed as a usurper.