Painting of a European marketplace

Europe

Depiction of the battle of Stamford Bridge. Harald Hardrada, king of Norway, seen here wielding a battleaxe, was slain at the battle

Viking

Harald Hardrada: why there's more to the last great Viking than his death in 1066

Black and white drawing showing King George V using a broom to sweep away several crowns adorned with the words 'Made in Germany'.

General Modern

Fake history: 3 historical untruths that shaped the world

An Etruscan scarab made of Carmelite featuring a winged Daidalos

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A mother receives her newborn baby in a c1490 text written for Henry VII. Childbirth in the Middle Ages exposed both mother and child to great peril but, writes Elma Brenner, midwives had the expertise to intervene when complications arose. (Photo by Bridgeman)

Medieval

The medieval childbirth guide: 6 tips for pregnant mothers in the Middle Ages

Black and white image of several African men pushing two French missionaries in a sort of chair with wheels.

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Engraving showing flying fish leaping over a Spanish trade ship

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Johnny Hopper: a nerveless Nazi-killer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

How did pasta come to Europe and when did it first become established in Italy?

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

Medieval

“A spotlight on historic societal misogyny and disbelief of women”: what The Last Duel gets right and wrong

A scene from the German film 'Ways to Strength and Beauty', 1925. (Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)

Second World War

Germany’s naked truth: the 19th-century nudism movements co-opted by the Nazis

Historian Saul David

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Saul David“It was astonishing bravery – and cold-blooded bravery, too”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An illustration from The Travels of Marco Polo, showing a teenage Marco on the deck of a ship sailing away from Venice

Medieval

Why are Marco Polo's travels so famous?

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A medieval miniature depicts a monk and a woman in a bed.

Medieval

Sex in the Middle Ages: have attitudes really changed?

A reconstruction of a Viking church

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German doctor Otto Warburg at work in his laboratory

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The Bal des Ardents (the 'Ball of the Burning Men'), from 'The Chronicler of European Chivalry' by GG Coulton (London, 1930). The 1393 tragedy claimed the lives of four people. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Medieval

Q&AWhat was the ‘Ball of the Burning Men’?

A mosaic that shows two Roman women exercising, one holds a flower and another holds a leaf

Roman

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Roman women

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

Illustration of the man in the iron mask standing by the window of his cell and guarded by two musketeers

Victorian

Unmasking the 'man in the iron mask': do we know the identity of the famous prisoner?

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Mário Soares of the Socialist Party basks in public adulation after becoming prime minister in the election of 1976. (Photo by Getty Images)

20th Century

Your guide to the Carnation Revolution

Greek soldier Pheidippides arrives in Athens with news of the Greek victory over the Persians at Marathon, only to die on the spot

Ancient Greece

Pheidippides: is the ancient Greek marathon runner remembered for the wrong run?

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