A rare coin of Saint Olaf has been discovered in Norway’s largest Viking Age hoard, marking the first find of its type in the country since 1924.

The British medieval historian Chris Wickham, who died earlier this month, transformed our understanding of the Middle Ages.

Have you ever been stuck in traffic on the A149 and looked over to see the remains of an ancient building in the middle of a ...

The bones found inside a Roman stone coffin may belong to Aelfwig, an abbot of Westminster who died around 1020.

With Hallowe'en coming soon, how about making your own batty bat bunting, transforming recycled glass jars and craft materials into winter lanterns.

The Westminster Abbey Roman sarcophagus may contain an Anglo-Saxon abbot. New research identifies two possible occupants of ...

A fourth-century limestone coffin carved for a Roman named Valerius Amandinus holds the bones of a man who died around a ...

Since it would be a problem if you didn't know the history of England to understand the talk about Common Law and Equity, I ...

Almost a millennium ago, the Battle of Hastings was fought on an English field and depicted on the tapestry. This year’s ...

With the famed Bayeux Tapestry visiting England for the first time in nearly 1,000 years, Britain is reveling in its past, including the Norman Conquest.

Hello. For those of you who love history and manga, have you ever had the experience of reading works that seemed unrelated, ...

A Potted History is a lavishly illustrated accessible history of the town from its beginnings to the present day ...