This was due to successful farming and trade in the towns and villages. The king, his earls and the Church all profited from this through taxes. Below the king were the earls, the ruling nobility.

Archaeologists have likely found King Harold’s lost residence in Bosham, shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, confirming its elite ...

The Bayeux Tapestry culminates in William’s victory in the Battle of Hastings. However, earlier artwork from the time also ...

After Edward died, the English Witan (council of Anglo-Saxon kings) chose Earl Harold of Wessex as the next king. The Normans took over all of England, including the Danelaw. Duke William of ...

The lost residence of King Harold, depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, has been found, thanks partly to the previous discovery ...

However, Anglo-Saxon Kings realised that they could not govern their territories ... but occasionally the King would call on additional nobles (earls and barons) and churchmen (bishops and abbots) to ...

During the same year several Norman Earls took advantage of William’s absence to extend their lands in Shropshire and Herefordshire. Their actions caused discontent amongst the Anglo-Saxon thegns who ...

One of King Harold's manors appears twice in the famous Bayeux Tapestry, but only 948 years later have researchers finally identified the building's remains.

His brother-in-law, Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, argued that he had ... Harold wasted no time in pursuing the invading Vikings. He and his Anglo-Saxon army marched from London to York ...