How did William the Conqueror turn England into his kingdom? From castle-building to the Harrying of the North, his reign was ...

What is it? There's one historical artefact that tells us exactly why William the Conqueror thought he should be King of England. It's over 230 feet long and over 900 years old. Its the Bayeux ...

For this reason, he is often called William the Conqueror. Scenes on the tapestry give historians key information about this period not known from other sources. For example, the tapestry shows ...

The Grand Seminary of Bayeux is part of the Bayeux Museums complex (alongside the Normandy Battle Memorial Museum and the Baron Gérard Museum of Art and History) in northwest France, but it’s set to ...

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027, a natural son of Robert, Duke of Normandy and a girl called Herleve. He invaded England and defeated King Harold II at the ...

Elmswell Old Hall near Driffield is part of a country estate which includes ruins that date back to 1635. The hall is thought ...

Sally: Here we are, William the Conqueror - born in 1028, around a thousand years ago. Harry: I like his crown. Sally: And that's one of his castles in France behind him. Fatima: Let's go take a look.

On this very rare penny, minted between 1066 and 1068, we see the bust of William The Conqueror, wearing a crown and shown standing under a canopy. His name and title (REX = king) are shown around ...

France’s Bayeux Tapestry will be closed to the public for two years whilst the museum housing it undergoes a €38m renovation.

The three lions are the emblem of England. William the Conqueror used two lions on a red background as his coat of arms and brought this symbol to the English throne. It was King Henry II who ...

At the Battle of Hastings William the Conqueror triumphed, changing the face of medieval Europe and the course of English history. An account of the life of this extraordinary Norman warrior who ...