When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...

Dozens of ancient coins believed to have been stolen by Roman troops during the conquest of Britain have been unearthed in a ...

There were the Romans, but they eventually left; then the Vikings, but they never gained complete ... Worsley, voice-over: This tapestry shows the invasion of England and the Battle of Hastings in ...

which depicts the Norman Conquest of England in 1066. It is a testament to the breadth of Norse influence, for the French-speaking Normans were in fact the assimilated descendants of Vikings who ...

The Bayeux Tapestry culminates in William’s victory in the Battle of Hastings. However, earlier artwork from the time also ...

Gloucestershire, with large swathes of its landscape covered by the Cotswolds Area of Natural Beauty (AONB), has seen wars of ...

The Anglo-Saxon age in Britain was about 410 to 1066, and they originally ... and Saxons to move to England: Some were invited to help fight against attacks from Vikings and tribes in Scotland.

The Norman conquest of 1066 transformed England. Most of the land previously ... In the first major battle of 1066, the Viking king of Norway, and Harold Godwinson's own brother Tostig, invade ...

The defeat marked the end of the Viking era. As Harold's men celebrated the victory, word came that William had landed unopposed at Pevensey, Sussex. Harold's army marched to the south of England ...