More than 1,000 soldiers have re-enacted English history’s defining battle on the site in East Sussex where it took place 950 years ago. Battle of Hastings to rage again as re-enactors celebrate anniversary Read moreSwords clashed, arrows flew and maces swung on Saturday as a group of chainmail-clad participants played out the 1066 Battle of Hastings – a conflict that changed the face of England. By the coast near Hastings on 14 October 1066, the forces of Harold and Duke William of Normandy met. The march, organised by English Heritage, was part of a series of events marking the 950th anniversary of the events of 1066 and the Norman conquest. At home with Battle of Hastings re-enactors – in pictures Read moreMarching into central London, the re-enactors joined a pop-up Saxon encampment in Hyde Park on 8 October.

Source: The Guardian October 15, 2016 19:22 UTC