The Bayeux Tapestry culminates in William’s victory in the Battle of Hastings. However, earlier artwork from the time also ...
Archaeologists have likely found King Harold’s lost residence in Bosham, shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, confirming its elite ...
Near the end of Roman rule, Britain was being attacked by the Picts and Scots from the north, and the Anglo-Saxons from the sea. The Romans built forts to defend the coast and Hadrian's wall ...
The Anglo-Saxon kings were from ruling families who passed their power on to their children. From time to time, the strongest king would claim to be 'bretwalda', which meant ruler of all Britain.
Discover how a research team identified a 10th century hall that King Harold used during the Norman Conquest.
Although Harold is famous for being England’s last Anglo-Saxon king, he only reigned for just over nine months. His defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings was arguably the single most ...
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that a house in England is the site of a lost residence of Harold, the last ...
However, by about the year 700, the Anglo-Saxons had conquered most of what is now England. Britain had become a ...
External view looking east. Credit: D. Gould et al. Recent archaeological findings have shed new light on a long-standing mystery about Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. A ...
On the famed Bayeux Tapestry, Harold, the Anglo-Saxon king, is depicted at his home in Bosham, England, on multiple occasions ...