After the Norman Conquest of 1066, England was absorbed into a powerful ruling class that was culturally, politically, and linguistically French. Over the next century, this evolved into the Angevin ...

It always amazes me how much history is still being uncovered today, despite the time that has been dedicated to looking and sheer quantity that has already been discovered. It’s cool to think about ...

Horses owned by the elite in medieval England were probably imported from continental Europe, possibly travelling hundreds of kilometres, according to tooth analysis of horses unearthed at a cemetery ...

Many mainstream economic historians do believe the average number of working days for peasant laborers in England hovered around, and even sometimes below, 150 days per year for certain stretches of ...

Dr Alixe Bovey journeys north beginning at York, stopping off at the medieval street, 'Shambles', which was used mainly by butchers and traders working with other parts of butchered animals. York ...

Situated in the village of Saltford in Somerset, Saltford Manor House is recognised as the oldest continuously inhabited ...