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Portrait of First World War nurse Edith Cavell with one of her dogs

First World War

Edith Cavell: how the executed British First World War nurse became a symbol of peace

A portrait from the 18th century of King George III wearing his coronation robes

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George III: why his reputation as the mad king who lost America needs to be re-evaluated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woodcut showing the interior of a kitchen in Elizabethan England. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Hold your noses: the smells, sounds and sights of Elizabethan England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A reconstruction of a Viking church

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Vikings in America: the Europeans who arrived 500 years before Columbus. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 12-year-old boy with a large bruise on his face ‘pulls threads’ in a New York sweatshop

Victorian

The 19th-century slums of New York

A portrait of Charles II sitting on a throne

Stuart

Your guide to King Charles II, the ‘merry monarch’

An allegorical depiction of the plague in ancient Rome, an angel batters down a door while people lie sick on the ground

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The reign of Roman disease: why did disease hit a flourishing empire?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

German doctor Otto Warburg at work in his laboratory

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Otto Warburg: the Jewish doctor and the Nazi war on cancer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of a man without a head, but with his face on his chest. This is one of many creatures Sir John Mandeville claimed to have met on his travels

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A knight's (tall) tale: why medieval traveller Sir John Mandeville was more popular than Marco Polo. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women carrying flags and scythes or beating drums - one has a child on her shoulders - march on the Palace of Versailles to protest to the king

General Early Modern

Women in the French Revolution: fighting for equality

Jodie Comer plays Marguerite de Carrouges in the upcoming film 'The Last Duel',

Medieval

The medieval women who spoke out against sexual violence

Women protest in London following the death of Sarah Everard, 2021

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Walking a dangerous road: women's safety on the streets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865

Victorian

Jamaica's Morant Bay Rebellion: brutality and outrage in the British empire

A portrait of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

Plantagenet

Like father, like son: Richard Plantagenet and Richard III

A statue of Oliver Cromwell stares downwards, against a red background

Stuart

The dark truth about Oliver Cromwell

Dev Patel stars as Sir Gawain in The Green Knight an adaptation of the Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

Medieval

“An intoxicating triumph true to the grandeur of the poem”: a historian’s review of The Green Knight

John of Gaunt shown in a c16th-century portrait

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John of Gaunt: The man who would be king. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of the French colonial army departing to fight under Colonel Marchand

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What if...Britain and France went to war during the 1898 Fashoda Incident?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on Tamil culture“Let’s cherish this shining light of the great Bronze Age civilisations”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Emma Dabiri“Merriman-Labor’s searing satire of the British was not well received”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black-and-white image shows King George V inspecting soldiers

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How George V won the war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Early Modern

The Bloody Code: your guide to the severe legal system

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Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsFoundational stories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Boats clash at sea in this illustration of the 480 BC battle of Salamis, fought between a Persian army led by King Xerxes I and the Greek army led by Themistocles

Ancient Greece

Salamis, 480 BC: a horror at sea for the Persian empire

An image of Hippocrates from the 14th century, sitting and holding a book open in front of him

Ancient Greece

Hippocrates and humours: medicine in ancient Greece

This red-figure pottery depicts a story involving Helen of Troy. Greek tragedies posed their audiences an awkward question: what would you do if you were in a similar situation? Meanwhile, comedy gave satirists a channel through which to cut Athens' political heavies down to size. (DEA/G.NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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Ancient Greek theatre and the Athenian identity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Perceval meets the Fisher King in an illustration for Chrétien de Troyes’ 12th-century Perceval, The Story of the Grail

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How to write a medieval romance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Adolf Hitler stands with his back to a statue of Discobolos, the Discus Thrower

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The classics and racial hatred: how the far right hijacked the ancient world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Prince Philip

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Prince Philip: the loyal consort. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Montage of three talented teenagers. From left to right: Macedonian ruler Alexander the Great, musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and chess player Judit Polgár

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The flush of youth: nine talented teenagers from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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