Her work offers a compelling view of how a single tragic event impacted not only the royal court but also monastic communities and broader society in 12th-century England and Normandy. More ...
Historian Robert Bartlett explains how the Vikings of the 10th Century mixed with the French to create Normandy and transform Europe. Watch the full documentary The Normans on BBC Select.
Edward the Confessor had lived in Normandy for 25 years prior to his coronation, so he actually knew William better than his English nobles. England had been ruled by Anglo-Saxons or Vikings for ...
Clinton Burns was known throughout Dunnellon and elsewhere as a kind man who loved McDonald's. Learn more about his life here ...
“Without invading Normandy, it would have been very difficult to win the war,” Zerlin said. “If we didn’t invade France, Hitler was ready to invade England.” During what was codenamed ...
Narrated by New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick, the documentary D-DAY: OVER NORMANDY focuses on the personal stories of those who served in the Second World War. The modern-day aerial ...
Some 156,000 Allied troops stormed Normandy, France ... "Full Victory — Nothing Else" to paratroopers in England just before they board planes to participate in the first assault in the invasion ...
Duke of Normandy and a girl called Herleve. He invaded England and defeated King Harold II at the battle of Hastings on 14th October 1066 (the English army had defeated an invading Norwegian force in ...