Either way, one needs to examine the original embroidery still housed in Bayeux, France, to properly analyze the total penis ...

In a new blog post, a scholar in Anglo-Saxon nudity doubles down on his belief that the mystery appendage is a phallus, not a ...

Most of us have skeletons in our closets, but they can also lurk in much less familiar places. Literally.

About half the skeletons were found in what appear to be burial vaults, associated with the medieval church. That church is thought to have pre-dated the Norman conquest of 1066. Historians believe it ...

Dr. Christopher Monk insists the appendage is 'the missing penis', while George Garnett argues it's a weapon's sheath.

The previous count of 93 penises stitched into the embroidered account of the Norman conquest of England is now disputed by ...

The Battle of Hastings The Battle of Hastings took place on 14 October 1066. William of Normandy was crowned King of England on Christmas Day. What was life like in medieval society? Most medieval ...

The town had been “well established” by the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066, when William the Conqueror ... I could see the bezel of a medieval gold jeweled ring,” says Sell in the ...

Todd Preston specializes in the language and literature of Anglo-Saxon England (c. 500-1066), but he also teaches the high and late Middle Ages (c. 1066-1500). He was the recipient of the 2009 Junior ...