Though overshadowed by his famous brother Harold, Tostig Godwinson played a small yet crucial part in the dramatic downfall ...

A little known battle in Yorkshire was to bring about the end of the Viking Age. Some centuries later, brave tales remain of that bloodshed and victory.

The BBC drama series King & Conqueror dramatizes the conflict between Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy in the months ...

Don Hollway, author of The Last Viking. The book has come out weeks ahead of the Battle of Stamford Bridge’s 955th anniversary on September 25.

On 25 September 1066 the ‘Viking Age’ came to a close when Harold Hardrada was slain at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.

The 1066 battle of Stamford Bridge between Viking warlord Harald Hardrada and King Harold of England was said to be so violent that a giant mountain of bones remained a half century later.

A programme spokeswoman said that 30,000 men wielded sword and axe to the death in the Yorkshire battles, with the men of Yorkshire annihilated at Fulford by the Vikings.

One legend in particular that persists is the Manx name given to the Milky Way - Raad Mooar Ree Gorree, which translates as the Big Road of King Orry. It is said that on arrival on Manx shores on the ...

The 1066 battle of Stamford Bridge between Viking warlord Harald Hardrada and King Harold of England was said to be so violent that a giant mountain of bones remained a half century later.