hastings

Stone castles have been something I've taken for granted regarding the Middle Ages. But it recently occurred to me that castles weren't really a thing in England until after the Norman invasion which were used as a way to control the Anglo-Saxons. Before then the closest example of sophisticated...

So after watching Britain's Real Monarch, I wondered what would have happened if George IV never became king. But instead His brother did and the Hastings took power in Britain. I wonder what would happen. What do you think?

The Norman army sets sail a month earlier and lands in Pevensey on the 28th of August. Two weeks later King Harold the Second of England meets Duke William of Normandy just outside of Hastings on September the 14th and achieves a decisive victory. Duke William is dead and his army limps back to...

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...

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...

In the English Channel? I know that the Channel often has rough weather, and historically, the Normans landed on the 26th of October, very late in the year. It is known that the Normans tried to cross the Channel earlier, and were not able to, though we do not know why. If William's army is...