The year 1066 is familiar to most students of history. The Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror marked the end of Anglo Saxon Britain and the onset of the High Middle Ages. What I myself ...

The Bayeux Tapestry is the worldʼs most famous textile - an exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of historyʼs most ...

The art and architecture of the island of Sicily are distinctly different from what we typically associate with Italian artistry – it’s significantly more multicultural due to its prime positioning ...

THIS month of October completes the eighth century since the battle of Hastings, perhaps the most important action that the modern world has known, with the single exception of the conflict that ...

The first European crusaders of the Holy Land were inspired by the fame and fortune awarded to the Norman conquerors in Europe, a new book shows. Many of those who went to the Middle East were ...

Investigates the history of Sicily as a trading hub for Africa, the Middle East and Europe and how its mix of cultural influences has influenced its customs and traditions have become distinct from ...

THE OTHER CONQUEST by John Julius Norwich. 355 pages. Harper & Row $6.95. The Normans are well remembered for 1066 and all that. But if the conquest of England is a triumphant chapter in the Norman ...

In the 11th century, Norman knights crossed into the Mediterranean and waged war against Arab rulers in Sicily. Their conquest created one of the most unique and diverse kingdoms of medieval Europe ...

Sarah Davis-Secord’s Where Three Worlds Met: Sicily in the Early Medieval Mediterranean asks its readers to consider new frameworks for inquiring about Sicily’s past. The history of Sicily and the ...