In the turbulent year of 1346 during the Hundred Years' War, the Battle of Crécy unfolded in northern France. Here, King ...

October is the day in the Anglican and Catholic calendar to remember King Edward the Confessor, English saint and king. He ...

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In his lifetime, the first king of England was renowned throughout Europe. But over the centuries, he has been sidelined by ...