Shopping in medieval England was very different from modern retail. Markets operated on specific days, with goods ranging from food and clothing to tools and imported items. Prices were influenced by ...

For centuries popular stories like Robin Hood and Ivanhoe have portrayed medieval England as a struggle between oppressive Normans and rebellious Saxons. But historical evidence shows that the armies ...

Every year I ask the college students in the course I teach about the 14th-century Black Death to imagine they are farmers or nuns or nobles in the Middle Ages. What would their lives have been like ...

At its peak, it was home to around 40 houses, along with manor buildings, a church and working mills.

BRITS jetting off to Europe for Easter have been warned of a medieval virus surging in popular holiday spots like Italy and ...

The tale of King Harold, who lost England to William the Conqueror, still looms large in British popular culture. But the ...

According to the prevailing English accounts, King Harold made a momentous, 200-mile march over land to the Battle of ...

Structural engineers have highlighted sections of the wall that need restoration [Great Yarmouth Borough Council] Repairs are ...

For medieval nobles, inheritance was never guaranteed by blood alone. If a landholding father died before his heir came of age—typically 21 for boys, 14 for girls—the estate was not simply passed down ...

The town boasts the perfect blend of history and modern development.

The World Atlas website has pulled together a list of the 8 most "breathtaking" towns in England.