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 was the most important battle in English history? If you answered the Battle of Hastings, the 1066 A.D. conflict in which the Normans successfully took over the English crown, you’re not alone.

BATTLE ABBEY, England (AP) — Thousands of history buffs, many in full costume, marked the 950th anniversary of the 1066 Battle of Hastings with a dramatic reenactment Saturday that commemorated one of ...

The little-known Battle of Fulford broke out near York in 1066. How did the conflict unfold, and what makes it a crucial ...

A hoard of 122 Anglo-Saxon pennies, whose owner may have died fighting in the Battle of Hastings, are to be sold at auction after two metal detectorists unearthed them in a field. It is thought the ...

King Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, has long been thought to have been killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. But British archaeologists are to test a theory he survived on the ...

This Sunday, October 14, is the 952nd anniversary of the Battle of Hastings - the history-shaping encounter, told in the Bayeux Tapestry, which marks the last successful invasion of Britain and the ...

On this day, in 1066, Duke William of Normandy defeated King Harold of England at the Battle of Hastings. Click here for a video about "the most decisive, and certainly the most famous, battle ever ...

Want to take part in celebrating the 960th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings? Well, Project Hastings960 is doing just ...

A hoard of more than 100 Anglo-Saxon coins discovered by two metal detectorists in a field near Braintree, Essex, is headed to auction at Noonans Mayfair on February 21. Believed to have been buried ...

BATTLE, England (Reuters) - Arrows flew and swords clanged as thousands re-enacted the Battle of Hastings on its 950th anniversary on Saturday at a sold-out event marking a bloody day that changed the ...