Liberty Leading the People by Eugene Delacroix

France

Margaret of Anjou married Henry VI of England in 1445

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

African Europeans

French cuirassiers charging a British infantry square at the battle of Waterloo, 1815 (1906). From Cassell's Illustrated History of England, Vol. V. (Cassell and Company Limited, London, Paris, New York, Melbourne). Artist P Jazet. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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

Henry V’s greatest victory (and it wasn't at the battle of Agincourt)

Women reporters of WW2

The battle of Sandwich: England’s medieval Trafalgar

A scene from Perceval, one of the Arthurian romances attributed to Chretien De Troyes

Who was Chrétien de Troyes, and why are his Arthurian romances important?

QuizHow well do you know your warships?

Napoleon the art thief

Soldiers from the Women's Royal Army Corps

Second World War

A brief guide to VE Day

A portrait of Napoleon

Napoleon: a life in 10 objects

Napoleon is apprehended by French soldiers on his return from Elba. Rather than take him to Paris in chains, the soldiers joined him

Napoleon's comeback: from exile on Elba to the Hundred Days

An early 19th-century painting of Napoleon Bonaparte

Q&AWhere is Napoleon buried?

Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte: facts about his life, death and career

The storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789, as depicted by artist Charles Thévenin

Napoleon’s chance: why the French Revolution was Bonaparte's big break

How constitutions changed the world

The battle of Waterloo: 10 key questions answered

Roland Philipps tells the story of Mathilde Carré

Traitor or triple agent? The WW2 spy Mathilde Carré

Aidan Turner as Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo: the real history behind the new Renaissance drama

Unravelling the Bayeux Tapestry HistoryExtra podcast series title card

Unravelling the Bayeux TapestryEpisode 5: What now?

Leonardo da Vinci’s full-scale cartoon drawing of Isabella d’Este

Leonardo da Vinci's patrons: the people who paid for the masterpieces

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Unravelling the Bayeux TapestryEpisode 4: What's missing?

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Unravelling the Bayeux TapestryEpisode 3: What story does the Tapestry tell?

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Unravelling the Bayeux TapestryEpisode 2: How was the Tapestry created?

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Unravelling the Bayeux TapestryEpisode 1: When, Where & Why

Police lead away a suffragettes, arrested for chaining herself to the railings of Buckingham Palace

Female activism: 10 remarkable protests from around the world

Learning the hard way: soldiers struggle to move a field gun through the Flanders mud. The key to victory in the west was the Allies’ ability to effect one of the “most consequential technologies and tactical transformations in the history of war,” says Nick Lloyd. (Photo by Getty Images)

Revolution on the western front

A portrait of Marie Antoinette

Q&ADid Marie Antoinette really say “let them eat cake”?

Madame Tussaud's exhibition at Baker Street, London. But who was her first waxwork? (Photo by Bettmann, via Getty Images)

Q&AWho was Madame Tussaud’s first waxwork?

A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Norman invasion of 1066. The tapestry was most likely embroidered by women in Norman England in a workshop setting using four embroidery stitches – stem stitch; split stitch; chain stitch; and laid work, sometimes called ‘Bayeux Stitch’, says Dr Alexandra Lester-Makin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Bayeux Tapestry: what is it, why was it made and what story does it tell?