For 1,000 years, pilgrims have headed to Fécamp abbey in Normandy to worship the "Precious Blood of Christ" relics. Six weeks later, a Dutch art sleuth has described how the relics were handed ...

Her separate coronation took place in 1068. She was buried at the Abbey she had founded at Caen in France. They had four sons and six daughters. Eldest son Robert was given the duchy of Normandy, ...

The artist previously visited Normandy in the autumn of 2018 following the installation of his stained-glass window in Westminster Abbey. He thought it would be a good place to draw and paint the ...

Mont-Saint-Michel in France tops the list of travelers' favorite fairy-tale destinations.

Richard I's coronation took place in the Abbey on 3rd September 1189 and is the first for which a detailed account exists, describing the ritual and giving the names of those who attended (the account ...

He raided the east coast, burning Scarborough, then sailed up the Humber river. Harold II met William of Normandy near Hastings. The two armies were evenly matched in numbers, but Harold's men ...

Mont Saint Michel is a medieval island commune, complete with an abbey at the top. It's right off the coast of Normandy. The tides can vary by 46 feet! At low tide, the ocean recedes, and visitors ...