though some accounts suggest he was cut down by Norman knights. William’s victory at Hastings marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule and the beginning of Norman dominance in England. Harold’s body ...

Listen to the voices of rogues, knights and fops as they chart the history of the language. The Anglo-Saxons - A brief introduction to the origins of this group of settlers. English and Norman ...

Revellers with drinking horns surround the last Anglo-Saxon king ... and then being hacked down by a Norman knight. Dr Duncan Wright, senior lecturer in Medieval Archaeology at Newcastle ...