The Bayeux Tapestry
A rich blend of history. The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the greatest surviving works of medieval art, and several things commonly believed about it are either incomplete or incorrect…
a different perspective
A brief history – like a jigsaw
The end of the Hundred Years’ War did not simply mark a military defeat for England — it shattered an entire political world. For over a century, English kings had…
Across Narrow Seas
From the moment William the Conqueror set foot on English soil in 1066, the destinies of England and France became inseparably entwined—two crowns locked in rivalry, kinship, imitation, and defiance.…
The making of Normandie
The relationship between the Frankish kings and the Viking leader Rollo is one of the defining moments in the creation of medieval Normandy. It was born not out of friendship,…