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Salem witch trialsEpisode 8: Willful, weak-minded women?

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 7: Quarrelsome neighbours & family tensions

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 6: Chaos in the courtroom

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 5: Satanic sabbaths and supernatural sins

Charles and Diana on honeymoon in Balmoral

Diana: the rebel princess

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)

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

8 historical reasons behind Anne Boleyn’s appearance in Princess Diana film Spencer

A modern fireworks display

General ancient history

Q&AHow were fireworks made in ancient China?

A very short history of bonfire night

Guy Fawkes and the men behind the gunpowder plot. Guy Fawkes, best known of the conspirators, is third from the right. (Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why did the 1605 gunpowder plot fail? 9 big questions about the conspiracy to blow up parliament

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

Think pieceWhy history must take a stance

Londoners flee the city during the earthquake panic of April 1750. (Getty Images)

The earthquakes that rocked Georgian London (plus three more seismic events that shaped history)

Daniel Lambert in a 19th-century painting

Super-sized Georgians: why satirists were fixated with fatness

Engraving showing flying fish leaping over a Spanish trade ship

Winds of change: how the discovery of trade winds powered Europe's empires

Johnny Hopper: a nerveless Nazi-killer

A scene from the Salem witch trials, depicted in a 19th-century lithograph. How two girls’ accusations of witchcraft escalated into one of the darkest episodes in early American history has long puzzled historians. (Image by Alamy)

When the devil stalked Salem: the story of the Salem witch trials

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 4: The pervasive power of puritanism

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 3: A ‘new Jerusalem’ on the edge of a wilderness

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 2: How events spiralled out of control

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 1: introduction

3 curious medieval ghost stories

Bulldog burners and dungboys: classifying occupations in British censuses (1841-1911)

Side-by-side portraits of Henry VIII's first two wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon.

Do we have to be ‘Team Catherine’ or ‘Team Anne’ when it comes to Henry VIII’s wives?

Alfred the Great (849–899). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Who was King Alfred the Great?

Q&AWas the gunfight at the OK Corral a major gun battle?

A painting showing British troops advancing on Ulundi, mountains in the background

The forgotten battles of the Zulu War

Sir Lancelot of the Lake and Queen Guinevere seen embracing by King Arthur in a medieval illustration

Tudors in love: what were the dynasty's romantic secrets?

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

7 weird and wonderful Georgian beauty treatments

(Illustration: Clair Rossiter for BBC History Magazine)

Beans, ale & 'windy meats': surprising 17th-century aphrodisiacs