william the conqueror
The wonder of the Bayeux Tapestry
How the Froggies must be laughing. Such a gracious loan. So kind. Like England lending Henry V’s longbows to the…
The horror that emerges from the columns of Domesday Book
William the Conqueror’s Great Inquest codified one of the most ruthless land grabs in history, with the obliteration of 5,000 Saxon noblemen and the collective punishment of England’s native peoples
From pirates to princes
The Normans had an astonishingly good run. Not only did they take over England in 1066, of course, but they…
