Even if these weren’t William’s exact words, they give an insight into how people at the time thought he ruled England. Many Anglo-Saxons opposed the Norman Conquest and William faced a series ...

It feels like the English monarchy has been around forever, but has it? Let's try to pinpoint where it all began. Who was the ...

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 ...

In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI revealed a new-style nativity scene in the Vatican's St. Peter's Square. It depicted Jesus' birth ...

On this very rare penny, minted between 1066 and 1068, we see the bust of William The Conqueror, wearing a crown and shown ...

beginning with the Anglo-Saxon conquest of England, and how the following centuries set the scene for the arrival of the Normans in 1066. He examines the Conquest itself, and the reigns of William I, ...

The hoard includes coins depicting both William the Conqueror and Harold II, offering insight into the turbulent period ...

Fact checked by Haley Mades The name William is a timeless classic with English roots that dates back almost a thousand years ...

As Wolf Hall draws to a chilling conclusion, the BBC has crowned James Norton as the star of its newly announced medieval ...