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Showing posts with label William the Conqueror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William the Conqueror. Show all posts
Monday, September 15, 2025

Book Spotlight: The Price of Loyalty by Malve von Hassell

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  In a time of kingdoms and crusades, one man's heart is the battlefield. Cerdic, a Saxon knight, serves Count Stephen-Henry of Blois wi...
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Book Spotlight: The Will of God by Julian de la Motte

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  "Deus Lo Vult!" Gilles is the natural son of the Earl Waltheof, executed by William the Conqueror for supposed treachery. Raised...
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Monday, February 24, 2020

Spotlight on History Enthusiast Jon Marshall – actor, director, producer - History Roadshow

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Jon Marshall has been interested in cinematography since his early years, having been a member of an 8 mm club in his home city of S...
Friday, May 4, 2018

5 Bayeux Tapestry facts: what is it, why was it made and what story does it tell?

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History Extra The French president Emmanuel Macron recently announced that the Bayeux Tapestry is to go on display in the UK. But what ...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Occupation, resistance, subjugation: the bloody aftermath of 1066

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History Extra The Harrying of the North. Gouache on paper, by Patrick Nicolle (1907–95). Private collection. (© Look and Learn/Bridg...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

The 1016 Danish Conquest that led to the battle of Hastings

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History Extra Following the battle of Maldon in AD 991, Æthelred’s court paid the Vikings to leave in the form of Danegeld. (Chronicl...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Reassessing William the Conqueror

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History Extra William the Conqueror. Unknown artist, c1590-1610, National Portrait Gallery, London. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis v...
Sunday, October 23, 2016

10 surprising facts about William the Conqueror and the Norman conquest

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History Extra William I the Conqueror, king of England from 1066–87. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) 1) No one at ...
Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Cnut's invasion of England: setting the scene for the Norman conquest

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History Extra King Cnut (Canute) failing to hold back the waves, early 11th century (c1900). Artist: Trelleek. © Heritage Image Partn...