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Kenneth Austin explores what impact the Reformation had on Europe’s Jewish communities. (Image by Getty Images)

How did the Reformation impact Jews?

Scrooge and Marley's ghost

Q&A Why do we say ‘Bah Humbug’ and what does it mean?

Vintners in an ale house, 1642. From a broadsheet titled ‘Health to All’, artist unknown. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Did Oliver Cromwell ban Christmas? The Puritan assault on Christmas during the 1640s and 1650s

Thomas Cromwell, Tudor statesman and 'alter rex'.

Your guide to Cardinal Wolsey, Tudor statesman and prince of the church

A Victorian Christmas

What was Christmas like in the Victorian era?

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Henry VI of England. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images)

Henry VI may have had a “sex coach” – plus 4 more curious facts about his life

Chess players in the 14th century

General ancient history

Ancient board games: which ones did people play for fun in the past?

The future King George VI playing at the Wimbledon tennis championships, 1926

How George VI’s sheer ordinariness made him the darling of the nation

Ian Fleming, British author and creator of the James Bond character

James Bond in real life: where did Ian Fleming’s inspirations come from?

A 14th-century illustration showing medieval butchery. (Photo by Prisma/UIG via Getty Images)

The medieval marketplace: a time traveller’s guide to shopping in the Middle Ages

A portrait of Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England, by Michiel Sittow. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Monarchy timeline: from the Middle Ages to the modern era

Paul Edmondson answers listener questions on the life and work of England’s most famous playwright. (Image by Getty Images)

Shakespeare: everything you wanted to know

Bernard Cornwell talks about the final novel in his Last Kingdom series and his next project – a new Sharpe adventure. (Image by Getty Images)

Bernard Cornwell on The Last Kingdom’s finale and the next Sharpe

Painting of the Field of Cloth of Gold (artist unknown) from around 1545

Your guide to... the Field of the Cloth of Gold

Charles and Camilla, 1979

Prince Charles and Camilla: a history of their romance