After their triumph in the Battle of Hastings, the Normans left lasting marks on the country’s aristocracy, architecture, and even the English language. In 1066, English king Harold had to fight ...

RICCARDO SPILA/FOTOTECA 9X12 Produced in the decades following the Battle of Hastings, the tapestry’s association with Bayeux in Normandy, in whose cathedral it was stored for many centuries ...

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.

Mention Hastings and people still refer to the battle of 1066, which is a shame given the town has changed so much — since the 11th century, certainly, but over the past decade, too. Like many ...

But it was nearby Hastings—an ancient seaport even then—that somehow secured the naming rights to the site of the Norman conquest: the Battle of Hastings. My morning bike rides along the ...

The Battle of Hastings brought the end of Viking rule in England in 1066, and the adoption of Christianity within Scandinavia slowed the raids.