An austere Bishop of Winchester scolded St Edith for her comely nun’s habit, but the young woman’s eyes saw further than his.

Four knights thought they were helping their King, but they could not have made a greater mistake.

Soon after Athelstan became England’s first king, he played a trick on the King of Norway which demanded a reply.

Charles Dickens explains how King Alfred the Great overcame the Great Heathen Army in 878, with the help of a little music.

King John had already lost most of the Crown’s lands in France, but when Aquitaine was threatened Edward III knew he must act fast.

With the Lambert Simnel affair not yet forgotten, another boy claims to be the rightful King of England.