If Harold’s aim of strengthening England was wise, his means were hard to digest. For the true cause for 1066 – and the end of the Anglo-Saxon era – was a searing sibling rivalry.

Clive Anderson has always been fascinated by Harold Godwinson whose life and reign came to a bloody end at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which a thousand years on is still the most famous date ...

The story of Harold Godwinson's defeat in the Battle of Hastings was a long and bloody affair, which followed family betrayal and other nefarious deeds in scenes that could have inspired today's ...

In the triumvirate of 1066, William of Normandy, Harald Hardrada, and Harold Godwinson, the latter has above all endured as one of the great heroes of English history. But how did he become the ...

Recent archaeological findings have shed new light on a long-standing mystery about Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. A collaborative study conducted by the Universities of ...

The team investigate Harold's Field in Portskewett, Monmouthshire. It has long been rumoured as a site where Harold Godwinson, later to become King Harold, built a hunting lodge in 1065 after ...

She wasn’t a queen, but she was his heart. Edith Swanneck’s love for Harold Godwinson defied war, loss—and death itself.