Warfare in Six Campaigns across a Thousand Years. In The Shape of Battle, Allan Mallinson examines six particular battles which hold a personal connection to him: Hastings, Towton, Waterloo, Sword ...

A book argues that the village and its surrounding fields was the real site of the Battle of Hastings, which placed a foreign ruler on England's throne and, many historians attest, led to the ...

It’s rare that a single event transforms a nation’s entire identity, but that’s what happened with the Battle of Hastings in 1066. At the end of this bloody, one-day battle, Anglo-Saxon ...

So his soldiers were tired before they even started the Battle of Hastings, as they had to march 250 miles south. ... William ordered people to start work on the Domesday Book in 1085.

My Battle of Hastings: Chronicle of A Year By the Sea by Xiaolu Guo Chatto & Windus £18.99, 208 pages. Join our online book group on Facebook at FT Books Caf ...

What was the most important battle in English history? If you answered the Battle of Hastings, the 1066 A.D. conflict in which the Normans successfully took over the English crown, you’re not alone.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. What is it about an English seaside town that is such a draw for artists and writers? Think Tracey Emin’s ...