1066

Hello and welcome to my first timeline on this site which will follow the history of the Kingdom of England and the trials it faces along with the advances it makes. The main PoD will be one during the Battle of Hastings, however I promise this will not be a simple story of throwing the Bastard...

In 1120, the White Ship left port at Barfleur, Normandy and set off across the Channel. A few hours out of port it strikes a rock and swiftly sinks, killing almost everyone on board- including the heir and spares of Henry I of England, leading directly to the Anarchy. In 1066, only 54 years...

It's the 14th of October, 1066 at Hastings. The now legendary Battle of Hastings rages on. As we know, at one point in the battle, William was believed by his troops to have been struck down, and to prevent his army from going into a full panicked retreat, William raised his helmet to show his...

I think we should have a discussion thread for 1066, that pivotal year in English history. Let's say Harald wins at Stamford Bridge, surprising Harold instead of the other way around. What happens next? I can think of a few different possibilities, but I'm not sure which is more likely: Harald...

Prologue: The Brief Dawn The sun rose majestically over the raven-specked battlefield, slowly ripening the corpses of thousands of young men who had died on that hill the day before. Local villagers and survivors from the losing army had already begun to stagger, dazed and confused, around the...