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The Cold War battle for Berlin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Game of Queens: when women ruled Renaissance Europe

Medieval monarchy timeline: from the Norman Conquest to the Tudors

7 things you didn’t know a medieval princess could do

5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Plantagenets

The real Eleanor of Aquitaine: 5 myths about the medieval queen

How to be a medieval queen: the realities of being a royal woman in the Middle Ages

How to run a medieval dynasty: survival secrets of ruling royal families. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Margaret of Anjou: a brief guide to the 'She-Wolf of France'

The Enlightenment: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

African Europeans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What were the ancient Olympics like? Take a visit to the Games of 436 BC

How the French won the battle of Waterloo (or think they did)

Yugoslavia: why shared Slavic identity couldn’t save an idealised nation from fracture and bloodshed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry V’s greatest victory (and it wasn't at the battle of Agincourt). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women reporters of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Sandwich: England’s medieval Trafalgar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who was Chrétien de Troyes, and why are his Arthurian romances important?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ravenna: from Roman powerhouse to artistic hub. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s secret Jewish commandos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The real Brunhild? The Visigothic princess behind the Norse saga

QuizHow well do you know your warships?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The golden age of piracy: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting the Tudors: Hans Holbein the Younger. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

Jutland: the battle that won the First World War

What the Stasi did next. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

Bismarck: why was the WW2 German battleship so feared? Plus 9 things you didn’t know about its only mission

Napoleon the art thief. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Able Archer 83: the Nato war-game that nearly spelled nuclear disaster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Night of the Long Knives: the bloody purge that secured Hitler's power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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