When we think of medieval England, we often imagine noble Saxons fighting cruel Normans, with Robin Hood and Ivanhoe caught ...

October 14 has been a date marked by pivotal moments that shaped the course of history across the globe.Going back to 1066, ...

LONDON (Reuters) -British retailer Marks & Spencer said on Tuesday it has extended Archie Norman's tenure as chairman for ...

The Normans may have lost as many as 200 ships; exultant, the English attacked La Rochelle, further down the coast. The events of 1292 led, within a couple of years, to a series of full-fledged ...

A group of metal detectorists uncovered an extraordinary hoard of 2,584 ancient coins in a Somerset field valued at £4.3million. The 11th-century coin trove, known as the Chew Valley Hoard, is now ...

King Arthur. Alfred the Great. Sutton Hoo. Beowulf. We recognize these and other names from England before 1066, but the history of this wild and diverse land is shrouded in myth and legend. From the ...

Step back to Anglo-Saxon England to see what makes this period of history so captivating. After a brief survey of the traditional scholarship across the ages, Professor Paxton outlines how we will be ...

Archie Norman's tenure as chairman of Marks and Spencer is set to be extended by another three years. Norman started as chairman in 2017 and therefore will reach the "comply or explain" nine-year ...

Newcastle University provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. There is clearly giddy excitement in the shaky footage showing hands scrabbling in the soil in the Chew Valley in south-west ...