Understanding why ancestral romances such as Gui de Warewic were written reveals a great deal about Anglo-Normans in the 14th Century. One of the essential functions of ancestral romance is to award ...

The Domesday Book provides a fascinating insight into the 11th-century Norman takeover of Anglo-Saxon England. Read between the lines of this unique record. The Domesday survey and Domesday Book have ...

The Government has announced that it intends to participate in an international year in 2027 to celebrate Norman culture and the 1,000th anniversary of the birth of William the Conqueror. Minister for ...

Studies in Philology has been a leader in literary scholarship since 1906. Through the whole of its history, the journal’s home has been the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the ...

There is something wonderfully ironic in the fact that those who were protesting and rioting against immigrants here are themselves largely descendants of immigrants who first arrived in this country ...

William of Normandy's conquest in 1066 changed England and its language. The Anglo-Saxon King Harold lost, deeply affecting language evolution. French influenced English significantly. Around 40% of ...

As the bearer of a 100 per cent Gaelic name, I am all in favour of Sinn Féin’s opposition to the State’s participation in the European Year of the Normans in 2027. As the party’s spokesman on the arts ...