Daily Medieval

William II, Duke of Normandy, had his forces ready to deploy to invade England. He believed he had a legitimate claim to the throne that H...

William of Poitiers (c.1020 - 1090) was born into a family of knights, and trained as a knight himself until his late 20s when he decided to...

Best guess arrangement of opposing troops The Battle of Hastings gets remembered on 14 October; that's when the forces of William o...

William , Duke of Normandy, who won the Battle of Hastings and conquered England, has been brought up many times in this blog. He ruled f...

Edgar and his sister, St. Margaret, landing at Wearmouth after their ship was blown off course Yesterday was the anniversary of the Ba...

from "Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World" by Sir Edward Creasey, 1851 The Battle of Hastings took place on this date 947 ye...

When Edward the Confessor died, he supposedly made a deathbed statement committing his kingdom into the care of Harold Godwinson. As the m...