Historically, Viking wedding ceremonies occurred on a Friday, referred to as Frigg's Day or Freya's Day—after the goddess of ...

When he rose to the throne, the only remaining Anglo-Saxon kingdom not under Æthelstan’s control was Northumbria, which was ...

Britain appears to be a nation on the verge of Norman-conquest mania. In July, the prime minister and the French president announced that the Bayeux tapestry – the epic 11th-century embroidery that ...

French President Emmanuel Macron's promise to loan the Bayeux Tapestry to the United Kingdom in a diplomatic gesture has ...

The medieval masterpiece-embroidered on a 230-foot piece of linen-depicts bloody battles and a royal betrayal that changed ...

THIS month of October completes the eighth century since the battle of Hastings, perhaps the most important action that the modern world has known, with the single exception of the conflict that ...

After the Normans took control of England, the Anglo-Saxons experienced a significant shift. Join us as we uncover what happened to them in the aftermath of the 1066 conquest.