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 ...

The Bayeux Tapestry is the worldʼs most famous textile - an exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of historyʼs most ...

A tapestry embroidered with scenes of the 1066 Norman invasion is returning to the U.K. for the first time in 900 years. On a state visit, France's president announced a loan to the British Museum.

Morris (A Great and Terrible King) brilliantly revisits the Norman Conquest, “the single most important event in English history,” by following the body-strewn fortunes of its key players: England’s ...

What happened in the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings? What horrors did William the Conqueror have to inflict upon his Anglo Saxon subjects in order to consolidate his new realm? And, what role did ...

THIS month of October completes the eighth century since the battle of Hastings, perhaps the most important action that the modern world has known, with the single exception of the conflict that ...

EAST SUSSEX, ENGLAND—A skeleton bearing six fatal sword injuries to the back of the skull has been radiocarbon dated to 28 years on either side of 1063, suggesting that the man may have been involved ...

Odo, Earl of Kent, is one of the least popular figures in the county’s history. The son of Herluin of Conteville and Herleva of Falaise, Odo was William of Normandy’s half-brother. His exact date of ...

William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact upon England by David Douglas (Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1964). The classic biography. The Last English King by Julian Rathbone (Little Brown, 1997). A racy ...

MP calls for region where Battle of Hastings took place to be included in events surrounding return of artwork The MP for Hastings and Rye has called on the British Museum to let the Bayeux tapestry ...

: [POST-BROADCAST CORRECTION July 23, 2025: This story incorrectly says that the depictions on the Bayeux Tapestry were woven in wool on linen. They were embroidered on linen with wool thread.] AYESHA ...