There is clearly giddy excitement in the shaky footage showing hands scrabbling in the soil in the Chew Valley in south-west England. A close-up shot captures someone pulling silver coin after silver ...

In early 2019, seven metal detectorists found a cache of 2,584 coins dating to the Norman Conquest in southern England. Now, ...

A remarkable treasure from one of the most transformative periods in English history has been secured for the British nation.

The hoard features historical figures from the time period, such as William the Conqueror, Edward the Confessor, and Harold ...

spanning one of the most turbulent periods in English history as the country was successfully invaded for the last time during the Norman Conquest. One coin, the oldest in the hoard, depicts King ...

This is known as the Norman Conquest. The Normans, or 'North-men', were originally Vikings who settled in northern France in AD900. Edward 'the Confessor' was an important Anglo-Saxon king.

The Norman invasion and the campaign of Hastings. August–October, 1066 25. The effects of the Norman Conquest on language and literature 26. The effects of the Norman Conquest on art 27. The Angevin ...

revealing new information about the historical transition following the Norman Conquest. The set includes pennies depicting William the Conqueror and Harold II, and a number of coins of William I ...