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Digital downloadThe Queen: A guide to her life and times from the makers of BBC History Magazine

Queen Victoria's son, King Edward VII, rides in Queen Victoria's funeral procession, February 1901. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Thiele/Getty Images)

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Lessons from historyWhat happens when a monarch dies?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth wearing a hat against a blue background

20th Century

In picturesQueen Elizabeth II through the decades

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 2

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HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina RamirezHildegard of Bingen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 3

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HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina RamirezKing Jadwiga. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez – episode 1

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HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina RamirezThe Loftus Princess. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The statue of Alfred the Great in Winchester set against a blue sky background

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Excavating Winchester: the dig that changed (urban) history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ian Hislop and Alfred the Great

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My history heroIan Hislop chooses Alfred the Great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister

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From Walpole to TrussLessons from the 300-year history of the British prime minister. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victims of the February Revolution are carried through the Field of Mars in Petrograd

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Russia's Civil WarWhy the 1917 uprisings descended into disaster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1773 allegorical engraving of the three powers partitioning Poland

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Why we should remember…the first Partition of Poland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Monarchy timelineFrom Hastings to the Windsors in 122 moments

Baron Franz Nopcsa in Albanian uniform.

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15 minutes of fameTom Holland chooses Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris who is medical historian and has written a new book called ‘the Facemaker’ about WW1 facial reconstruction

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris“This was a time when losing a limb made you a hero, but losing a face made you a monster”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

East German leader Willi Stoph greets West German chancellor Willy Brandt at Erfurt. (Getty images)

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Cold War summits: how USA & USSR leaders worked to end the conflict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev together

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The uniform worn by pupils at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham. (Photo by Rex Features)

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The history of school uniforms

A portrait of a young Queen Victoria from around the time of the first assassination attempt in 1840

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Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert and Edward Jenner

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My history heroDame Sarah Gilbert chooses Edward Jenner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of fossil hunter Dorothea Bate

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Bridal accessories, including lace gloves and pearls (Alchemia | Dreamstime.com)

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Beyond fashion: 6 accessories that reveal changing attitudes in society, from the Georgians to the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cast and crew filming an episode of EastEnders in 1998 (Photo by Polly Borland/Getty Images)

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BBC at 100How EastEnders saved the BBC. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ilustration showing thorned brambles growing up the nervous system of a pink torso, the brambles at the bottom of the piece are growing in the shape of a uterus, and there are blackberries where the ovaries should be. A blue, gloved hand is coming in from the left to pluck at the ovary blackberry, and another gloved hand coming in from the right is using gardening secateurs to cut one of the branches. A metaphor for endometriosis, and in a broader sense, women's medical neglect and oppression

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The gender pain gap: perceptions of women's health through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mount Orgueil – or Gorey Castle in Jersey, Channel Islands

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Jersey6 fascinating historical places to explore. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

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Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A spare anchor sits in its well on the forepeek of the shipwrecked Titanic.

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From Terror to Titanic: 7 famous shipwrecks

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St Hadrian of Canterbury

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15 minutes of fameMichael Wood chooses St Hadrian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sarah Smith and Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Mongol and Mamluk cavalry clash in a 14th-century manuscript

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How to repel a Mongol invasion: the success of Egypt’s Mamluk empire

Saint Michael and the DragonSaint Michael and the Dragon

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DragonsFrom mythological beasts of history to the firebreathers of fantasy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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