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Documentary on William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy who launched the Norman conquest of ...
Adopted Black Countryman John 'Iron Mad' Wilkinson, who ran an ironworks in Bradley, near Bilston, invented the precision ...
Diana Darke’s brilliant history of medieval architecture reveals the extent of Islamic influence on the foundational phase of ...
Archaeologists from the University of York are researching the site and its history.
A re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings in which, on October 14th, 1066, William the Conqueror's Norman-French forces defeated an English army, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
The Norman Conquests: Examines the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings. Considered a brutal period in English history, experts re-create the reign of the Norman king, William the Conqueror.
Hobbyists uncover massive hoard of Norman Conquest coins worth $5.6 million. It’s the UK’s most expensive treasure Seven hobbyists discover 1,000-year-old coins, the most valuable treasure ...
Seven finders searching a farmer’s field in southwest England with metal detectors stumbled upon the coins, which date to the time of the Norman Conquest of England (between 1066 and 1068).
The coins themselves, all made of silver, were cast between 1066 and 1068—the period immediately following the Norman Conquest in 1066, when William the Conqueror took control of the English throne.
More than 2,500 silver pennies from the period between 1066 and 68 were found A hoard of 2,584 silver pennies from the time of the Norman Conquest has been bought for £4.3m - making it the ...