The Norman Conquest, which created a united England and Normandy under a single ruler for 88 years—a succession of four Norman kings—had many deep-rooted effects.

Photo by Tim Graham / Getty Images When William the Conqueror ’s Norman army invaded England in 1066, the country’s elites found their world changed overnight.

The original Bayeux Tapestry is a huge embroidered panel illustrating the Battle of Hastings and other historical scenes surrounding the Norman conquest of England in the year 1066. It was crafted ...

In Search of England by Michael Wood (Penguin, 2000). Contains an essay on the Norman Yoke, which draws together the strands of this idea, the excavations at Hen Domen, and the full story of the ...

Key events prior to 1066. In 1016, Cnut of Denmark invaded England. He eradicated all opposition in a pogrom in Winter 1017, and ruled thereafter with a combination of Danes and newly promoted ...

The historical saga of the Norman Conquest of England in 1066 is chronicled across the 230-foot-long Bayeux Tapestry, one of the most amazing yet mysterious art historical marvels of all time.