Within a year, the Normans were building a castle at Chepstow and had begun their piecemeal conquest of Wales, a process which took well over 200 years. The conquest started with a series of ...

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 ...

This castle is the second biggest castle in the UK and the largest castle in Wales! The castle was built in 1268 under orders ...

Under the patronage of Anglo-Norman nobles and Welsh landed officials, the Poets of the Aristocracy thrived. The Conquest of Wales was a traumatic event. When Llywelyn ap Gruffudd was killed in ...

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 ...