Stamford Bridge: Reimagined
The Golden Age of the Vikings Does Not End In 1066 The Battle of Stamford: An Alternative Outcome On the afternoon of September 25, 1066, an arrow pierced the throat…
Senlac Hill: Two Worlds Colliding
Longships to Lances
The Inexorable Rise of the Norman War Machine Senlac Hill: Two Worlds Colliding If you stood on the northern coast of Francia in 911 AD, the greatest threat came from…
How to move an army
The Conqueror vs. the Wind and Tide
Overcoming The Logistical Challenges of 1066 When William, Duke of Normandy, stepped onto the shingle at Pevensey Bay on 28 September 1066, he had accomplished something far more extraordinary than…
The Forgotten Empire
How The Normans Forged The Kingdom in the Sun. When we think of the Normans, history books invariably direct our gaze to October 1066: Duke William landing at Pevensey, the…
Matilda of Flanders
A Feast Fit For A Queen
The Grand Spectacle of Mathilda's Feast Entertaining a thousand or more guests was no easy feat On Whit Sunday, May 11, 1068, Winchester Castle hosted one of the most significant…
From Senlac Hill to the British Raj
Did the Normans Really Launch the British Empire? When Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery reflected on the arc of British military history, he was prone to sweeping, decisive judgments. Among his…
Norman Yoke or Saxon Crown?
Re-evaluating 1066 For centuries, historians have argued over the smoking ruins of Senlac Hill (the Battle of Hastings). On one side stands the romantic myth of the "Norman Yoke"—the idea…
Beyond 1066
Famous Normans Who Reshaped the Medieval World When people hear the word "Norman," their minds almost instantly jump to 1066, Hastings, and William the Conqueror. Yet William was merely one…
Pottage: An Anglo-Saxon Staple
From Pottage to Pomegranates
How the Norman Conquest Transformed the English Diet Norman Entertainment: A Lavish Affair When William the Conqueror marched his army to the foot of Senlac Hill in 1066, he brought…
Mirror, mirror on the Wall...
Who Were The Most Influential Women In Medieval England
Crowns Won By Steel, Dynasties By Blood Mirror, mirror on the Wall... In the history of England there have been many outstanding Queens from Boudicca to Elizabeth II. But when…
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