A Legacy Preserved in Stitch and Stone The Bayeux Tapestry immortalizes Harold’s final years, from his feast at Bosham to his death at Hastings. Harold Godwinson’s reign as the last Anglo ...

Researchers from the University of Exeter and the University of Newcastle believe they have found the long-lost residence of ...

Harold Godwinson: Son of Godwine and Earl of Wessex. Harold was very powerful by 1066. He was possibly richer than the King, and had established alliances with all the major magnates of England.

When Harold Godwinson became king of England on the death of Edward the Confessor, Hardrada joined forces with Tostig, Harold's brother, and took an invasion fleet of approximately 300 ships to ...