Historian Claire Taylor reveals how slavery thrived across the medieval world, how religion and politics shaped who could be ...

Explore the momentous life of the Duke of Normandy – and later king of England, William the Conqueror – with expert insight ...

As seen in King and Conqueror, Edith the Fair was the first wife of Harold Godwinson, and a powerful player in the dynastic ...

Though overshadowed by his famous brother Harold, Tostig Godwinson played a small yet crucial part in the dramatic downfall ...

Their fabled clash at hastings in 1066 changed England and Europe, but how well did Harold and William know each other prior to that fateful day? While King and Conqueror paints them as having ...

The late tech pioneer and philanthropist Dame Stephanie Shirley, who died in August 2025 aged 91, chose Tommy Flowers as a ...

But for months before the devastation of the atomic bombs in August 1945, Japan had already been enduring an immense bombardment. In an effort to ratchet up pressure on Japan and force a surrender, ...

The military playbook of the ancient Assyrian Empire in Mesopotamia was as calculated as it was brutal. Shaped by formidable rulers – among them Tiglath-Pileser III, Sargon II and Ashurbanipal – ...

Historian Karen Jones uncovers the often overlooked role of women in building the American West – from driving wagon trains to shaping communities and securing the vote ...