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The Norman kings of Africa . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Woman wearing a bikini

Why we should remember The launch of the swimsuit that scandalised the world

Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, with his wife, the Duchess of Hohenberg, riding in an open carriage at Sarajevo shortly before their assassination on 28 June 1914

First World War

Franz Ferdinand “This mythologised murder did not trigger WW1”

Austrian crown prince Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie

First World War

The shot that sparked the First World War

Marguerite de Navarre

15 minutes of fame Suzannah Lipscomb chooses Marguerite de Navarre

Diane de Poitiers. As the mistress of Henry II of France, she had incredible and indescribable influence over the French king.

The French royal mistresses who made it about more than sex

Edward I of England. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Medieval history quiz – royal succession

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Episode 6 Cultures lost and found . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oscar Wilde pictured around 1882.

Oscar Wilde’s tragic end

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

Second World War

D-Day quiz Test your knowledge of the Normandy Landings

A painting of Jean Thurel, a French soldier whose life spanned three centuries

Jean Thurel: the oldest soldier in history?

Max Schreck took the title role in the 1922 German silent film 'Nosferatu', inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The film enjoys a cult following. (Photo by ullstein picture / ullstein picture via Getty Images)

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“Ghoul-like beyond nightmare dream, they were the living dead”: belief in Vampires through history

A painting of Lisbon depicts conspicuous displays of Portuguese imperial wealth and power – including enslaved African people

How slavery thrived in Renaissance Europe

Jack Lowden as Siegfried Sassoon in Terence Davies’ feature film Benediction.

First World War

Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend

Irish people demonstrate in Downing Street in London in 1921. The partition of Ireland between the six north-eastern counties and the rest of Ireland took place on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920

A brief history of the partition of Ireland