Norman conquest of england

At the very moment when the British people are struggling to cope with the uncertainties caused by their vote for Brexit, we note the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, which took place on October 14, 1066, 950 years ago. This invasion from across the English Channel resulted in the conquest of Anglo-Saxon England by William, the French Duke of Normandy. It is a reminder that the complicated, ambivalent, and sometimes hostile relationship between England and the rest of Europe goes back…

British researchers have used human and animal remains to determine Norman dietary influences on Britain after the Conquest.

A map illustrating the origins and progress of the Norman conquest of the Kingdom of England by William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy). Following the death in January 1066 of the childless English...

Map of England after the Norman Conquest of 1066. In 1066, William of Normandy--the future William I of England--crossed the English Channel and took the throne.

People who came from prehistoric Germany, Belgium and France beginning about 11,000 years ago seem to have contributed the most genetic material to modern Caucasian Britons, according to a new study.

William Duke of Normandy’s historic victory over the Saxon army of King Harold on 14th October 1066, leading to the conquest of England and the eventual replacement of the Anglo-Saxon dominated society by a Norman French

Roy Blackmore has spent an incredible 30 years tracing back his family tree. The determined genealogist just can't stop tracing back one more generation, and along the way, he has found some amazing tales involving his ancient ancestors.

Follow the tumultuous half-century that saw England riven by rivals and an illegitimate boy rise to reign on both sides of the Channel

Behind every great man, so the saying goes, is a great woman - or, in the case of the man known to posterity as William the Conqueror , a ...