Cosmo Jarvis stars as Wat Tyler in The Uprising, the story of a huge revolt in England in the 14th century. Possibly a former ...

When confronted with the Viking foe who had threatened to take his land – and his life – King Alfred of Wessex chose to forgive his defeated Norse opponent ...

The Bayeux Tapestry was created to justify William the Conqueror’s invasion of England – but its political message may have been outdated almost as soon as it was finished. As the embroidery goes on ...

For most people in 14th-century England, home meant a smoky, crowded hall where eating, working and sleeping all happened in ...

Few Viking rulers forged themselves a story quite as dramatic as Olaf Tryggvason. Warrior, adventurer, raider, king and missionary, Tryggvason belonged to the vast maritime world of the Viking Age: a ...

The archaeological team had gathered, as they often did at the end of a day’s work, at the pub. In front of them on their table at the Ferry Inn in Stromness, the second-largest town in Scotland's ...

Duke William of Normandy, who would become known as William the Conqueror, arguably changed the course of English history more profoundly than any ruler before or since. Despite beginning life as a ...

In the early 19th century, European empires were advancing across the African continent, dividing it up with arbitrary lines and draining its resources. The toll this exacted on the native populations ...

It’s not too often that medieval historians grab national headlines, but when you get an Oxford academic counting penises in a world-famous embroidery, you’re sure to arouse media attention. On ...

In 1930, the United States war department approved a secret plan that mapped out a course of action for a hypothetical war with Britain. Its codename: War Plan Red. Yes, the two nations were allies, ...