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Hamo Thornycroft's 1901 statue of King Alfred the Great in Winchester. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

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Stained glass window of King Alfred the Great

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Wolfson Prize winner 2020 David Abulafia. (Photo by Fran Monks)

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WW2 surrender signed, 2 September 1945

Second World War

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Henry VIII portrait

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A portrait of Samuel Pepys, English writer and diarist. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Elizabeth I arrives in Tilbury

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Anne Boleyn (left) and her daughter, Elizabeth I. (Photos by Getty Images)

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A portrait of Queen Anne of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Globe Theatre illustration

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Scene from the the Westminster Tournament Roll, commissioned by Henry VIII to document the lavish jousting tournament held to celebrate the birth of his son with Catherine of Aragon

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Dan Jones by the River Medway at Rochester in Kent. Jones is the presenter of 'Walking Britain’s Roman Roads', which airs on 1 July 2020 at 9pm on 5Select.

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Amy Robsart and the Earl of Leicester

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Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–88) an English nobleman. Dated 16th century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Portrait of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII

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