Painting of a European marketplace

Europe

A painting by Vincenzo Camuccini depicting the death of Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

The death of Caesar: do we know the whole story?

Athénaïs de Montespan, one of the official mistresses of Louis XIV, was a suspect in a scandalous plot to murder the French king (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The Affair of the Poisons: who plotted to kill King Louis XIV?

Episode 6The evil that men do

Episode 3Master of his fate

Episode 5The dogs of war

Episode 2Was this ambition?

Et Tu, Brute?What did Caesar say before he died?

Allied troops hide from enemy shelling during the battle of Caen. The town was finally captured after several weeks of intensive fighting. The white markings on their shoulders were later added to the photograph by a censor to hide the name of the battalion. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images)

The battle for Normandy: what happened after D-Day?

British Army tanks are unloaded on to Gold Beach on D-Day

D-Day quizTest your knowledge of the Normandy Landings

Sex, scandal and slander: who was Messalina?

William Caxton shows off his new press in Westminster to Edward IV in a 19th-century painting (Photo by Artepics / Alamy Stock Photo)

How William Caxton printed the first-ever book in English

Paris became a charnel house during the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre, as shown in this painting by François Dubois (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini via Getty Images)

General Early Modern

Catholics vs HuguenotsYour guide to the French Wars of Religion

Illustration by Laurie Avon

Medieval warfare: five deceptive ways to win a battle

A clown, c1970s. The next decade, there would be a panic over "stalker clowns" in the US (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

Clowns, agoraphobia and kayaks: a history of fear and loathing

Construction of the Berlin Wall begins at Ebertstrasse. The barrier would divide the city for 28 years (Photo by von der Becke/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Life in East Germany: the cultural evolution behind the Iron Curtain

Christopher Clark at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (Photo by Damien McFadden)

Christopher Clark“The 1848 revolutions were a dissonant orchestra of ambitions and intentions”

Elsie Wright, who with her cousin Frances Griffiths took photos of sprites, gnomes and fairies, 1917 (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Fake news: 8 of the most notorious photograph hoaxes, from fairies to UFOs

Roman Forum in Rome, Italy (Photo by Olgacov | Dreamstime.com)

Rome historyEmperors, popes and Renaissance glory

A c1780 portrait of Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and talented composer, violinist and swordsman (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Chevalier de Saint-Georges: how the mixed-race musical maestro Joseph Bologne became a star in 18th-century France

A c1642 portrait of a 12-year-old Charles, Prince of Wales, accompanied by a page, likely painted to commemorate his presence at the battle of Edgehill (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

Making of a monarch: how the young Charles II endured war, defeat and exile before the Restoration

Episode 8Athens

Episode 7Oslo

British prime minister Tony Blair, US Senator George Mitchell and Irish prime minister Bertie Ahern

A brief history of the Good Friday Agreement

(l-r) Blanche, Marguerite and Jeanne of Burgundy, three sisters at the heart of a royal scandal and succession crisis in medieval France (Photos by The Picture Art Collection and ACTIVE MUSEUM / ACTIVE ART / Alamy Stock Photo)

Scandalous sisters: how three French princesses brought down the Capetian dynasty

Episode 6Paris

Illustration of a Viking with a blue tooth wearing mail and a helmet

Q&AIs it true that Bluetooth was named after a Viking king?

Bradley James as Jomsvikings leader Harekr in season 2 of Vikings: Valhalla

JomsvikingsLegendary Viking mercenaries or men of myth?

Women's history podcast episodes

Micheal Rosen and Émile Zola

My history heroMichael Rosen chooses Émile Zola

Landmarks of Prague

Prague historyCastles, cathedrals and conflict