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The ruins of Coventry Cathedral after bombing

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Your guide to the 1940 Coventry Blitz

A portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

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An illustration of a group of supposed witches

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A very brief history of witches by Suzannah Lipscomb

A 14th-century depiction of bakers at work. (Image by Getty Images)

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Social mobility in the Middle Ages: could medieval people improve their station?

A near-contemporary depiction of the 14th-century English monk, mathematician and astronomer Richard of Wallingford. Monks were among the leading scientific practitioners during the medieval period. (Photo by Bridgeman)

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The genius of medieval science: from medicine to mechanical clocks. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudor

Thomas More: saint or sinner?

Image depicting Roman general Germanicus oversing the burial of the bones of Romans killed in the battle of Teutoburg Forest

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What was the Roman Empire's greatest defeat? It might be Teutoburg Forest in AD 9

The Hughes Glomar Explorer was a salvage vessel disguised as a mining ship, designed to secretly recover Soviet sub K-129

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Project Azorian: the Cold War CIA mission to snatch Soviet nuclear sub K-129 from the sea floor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Knights of the Round Table are that the heart of many Arthurian legends

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Who were the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, and where does the Holy Grail fit in?

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Christian Frederick Cole: England’s first black barrister. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Relatives wave off convicts being sent from England

Georgian

Your guide to...transportation to Australia

A painting by Louis Philippe Crepin depicting the battle of Trafalgar, 1805. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Georgian

The battle of Trafalgar, hour by hour: what happened and why did Britain win?

Diana and Charles being driven to Buckingham Palace after their wedding

20th Century

Princess Diana and Prince Charles’s wedding: everything you need to know

Staff hard at work at Bletchley Park. The people who worked here did so under conditions of utmost secrecy, and with little idea of how their work slotted into the grand scheme of things. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

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Famous Victorians: Emily Bronte and Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Victorian

7 famous Victorians: from Brontë to Brunel

A portrait of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife. Henry and Catherine's marriage was a happy one, until their failure to produce a male heir began to cast a long shadow. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Tudor

Catherine of Aragon: Henry's greatest queen

Illustration shows James IV ceding his crown following defeat at the battle of Flodden. (Picture by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

Tudor

Your guide to the battle of Flodden 1513

Evil May Day

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Naming of St John the Baptist, c12th century. From a wall painting in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Medieval

Medieval baby names: what were people called in the Middle Ages?

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Harold Godwinson being crowned king of England. Harold was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England and was killed by William, Duke of Normandy at the battle of Hastings in 1066. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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1066: eight days that rocked England

The British royal family at the Queen's annual birthday parade 2019

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A brief guide to the British royal family, by The Crown’s historian Robert Lacey

Victorian

In profile: Eleanor Marx, daughter of Karl Marx

Edward the Confessor seated at a banquet

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A painting of 1616 depicts the Moriscos boarding ships to sail from the port of Valencia

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ever before,” says Margaret MacMillan. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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Halloween postcard

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10 things you didn’t know about the history (and mystery) of Halloween

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Princess Anne and Queen Elizabeth II

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In profile: Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II

The battle of Dover, 24 August 1217, (image c1880). (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Eustace the Monk: one of medieval Europe's unholiest holy men. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In 802 Charlemagne took delivery of an elephant, sent to him by Harun al-Rashid, the caliph in Baghdad. Here, a manuscript illumination from a late 12th century English Latin bestiary. (Image by Alamy)

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