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Heraldry

Heraldry is the system of hereditary emblems that began in the twelfth century as a practical solution to a battlefield…

For a country of its size, Britain's record of invention is remarkable — and it comes with a recurring national…

Around forty monarchs have ruled England, and later Britain, since 1066. The list is conventionally organised by royal house, and…

English Heritage looks after more than 400 historic sites across England — prehistoric monuments, Roman forts, medieval castles, abbeys, industrial…

Hadrian's Wall runs 73 miles across the narrowest part of northern England, from Wallsend on the Tyne to Bowness on…

Britain has around 4,000 castle sites. Some are complete and lived in, some are spectacular ruins, and a great many…

British history is long, and the entries in this A to Z cover pieces of it. This is the thread…

1066 is the one date every British schoolchild knows. On 14 October, at a hill near Hastings, William, Duke of…

After Rome withdrew around AD 410, Germanic peoples from across the North Sea — Angles, Saxons and Jutes, from what…

On 8 June 793, raiders from Scandinavia attacked the monastery at Lindisfarne off the Northumbrian coast, killing monks and carrying…