The series will follow the story of the battle for the English throne, with Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex (played by Norton), and William, Duke of Normandy (played by Coster-Waldau), taking ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Narrator: England in the 11th century was one of the best governed and wealthiest states in all Europe. There were ...

Young William, Duke of Normandy, quarrels with Harold Godwinson about who should be King of England, before bashing the English and taking the crown at the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066! Meanwhile ...

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027, a natural son of Robert, Duke of Normandy and a girl called Herleve. He invaded England and defeated King Harold II at the ...

In 1064 Harold became shipwrecked in Ponthieu, Normandy. Norman sources say he journeyed there to offer the English throne to William, Duke of Normandy. It is more likely that Harold traveled to ...

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts one of Britain’s most famous clashes, the Battle of Hastings in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson for the English throne. Now, the cloth is ...

The fast ascension of Harold Godwinson to the English throne in 1066 was greeted with fury by rivals Duke William of Normandy and brutal Viking warlord Harald Hardrada. A Rare Look at Tucker Cars ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Narrator: England in the 11th century was one of the best governed and wealthiest states in all Europe. There were ...

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts one of Britain’s most famous clashes, the Battle of Hastings in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson to take the English throne. Now, the cloth is subject ...