How many peasants (called bordars and villani) tended that land. This was achieved through judicious use of the Anglo-Saxon 'local government'. Anglo-Norman England was 'governed' by local ...

The Bayeux Tapestry culminates in William’s victory in the Battle of Hastings. However, earlier artwork from the time also ...

Archaeologists have likely found King Harold’s lost residence in Bosham, shown in the Bayeux Tapestry, confirming its elite ...

Archaeologists discovered a sixth-century sword in an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in the British county of Kent. The immaculately preserved sword was one of a handful of artifacts found at a site that ...

Even though Anglo-Saxon became obsolete as it changed etymologically ... they finally made a stand. Known as the Peasants’ Revolt, peasants argued with the authorities to reduce the poll tax ...