When Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor died on January 5, 1066, the childless monarch had no direct heir to pass his title to. The king’s counsel, known then as the witenagemot, hastily selected ...

Newcastle University announced the discovery of Harold Godwinson's – aka King Harold II – residence in Bosham, a village on the coast of West Sussex, England, according to a news release published Jan ...

Often referred to as the world’s most famous medieval artwork, the Bayeux Tapestry is both an intricate illustration of the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066 and a historical ...

Prior to the Norman Conquest, all classes engaged in hunting as an important source of food, and the land was left largely ...

Archaeologists have discovered the site of the long-lost palace of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king.

A house in England is most likely the site of a lost residence of Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.

who was killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England ...

Archaeologists have made a stunning breakthrough after discovering an 11th Centry medieval toilet that has helped to unravel a 2,000-year-old mystery. Researchers from the University of Exeter and the ...

One of King Harold's manors appears twice in the famous Bayeux Tapestry, but only 948 years later have researchers finally identified the building's remains.

A team of archeologists in the United Kingdom believe that they have found the lost residence of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. The home is shown in the 1,000 year-old ...