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Today is the 958th anniversary of the great Battle of Stamford Bridge. Who was to be the victor this time so soon after Fulford Gate?

What Happened After Fulford Following on from the  Battle of Gate Fulford on the 20th September, Harald Sigurdsson’s victory just outside...

WHERE, OH WHERE HAS TOSTIG GONE? Battle of Gate Fulford Sources: Harold, The Last Anglo-Saxon King by Ian Walker, 1997 Heimskringla:...

Morcar and Edwin’s forces wait for the Vikings The year of 1066 saw three major battles focusing on the struggle between the major...

By May, things were moving fast in England, just as they were in Normandy. King Harold must have known that his onetime friend, William...

“In this year King Harold came from York to Westminster at the Easter…then on April 16. Then throughout all England, a sign such as men...

Harold Godwinson was born around 1022 and did more in the 44 years he was on this earth, than most people could achieve in 3 lifetimes....

In Rouen, Duke William is readying himself for an exhilarating day of hunting. The noise and bustle of humans calling one another, hounds...

In the first part of this post, we identified two characters, pertinent to the events of 1066, who were absent from King Edward’s...

One of the amazing things about the internet is that it gives you the opportunity to meet and make friends that are like-minded and one...

In our last post, we covered the demise of Edward, his dying moments and that very prophetic deathbed speech he gives just before he...