After winning the English crown at the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy ensured everyone understood what kind of man their new King was.

In the days of Henry II, relations with our cross-Channel neighbours were fractious, but we were fast friends with the people of Norway.

The privileges granted to European merchants in fifteenth-century London led to seething resentment in the City.

Edward III enticed over-regulated Dutch textile workers across the Channel with the promise of English beef and English beauties.

In the days of Henry VIII, eminent Scottish historian John Major looked back to the reign of Richard the Lionheart and sketched the character of legendary outlaw Robin Hood.

King Henry VIII was riding out with Queen Catherine one May Day, when they found themselves waylaid by Robin Hood and two hundred archers.