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Charles V of Spain depicted on a 16th-century gold coin
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Kwasi Kwarteng "Wars are bloody expensive – so the only way nations can buy what they need is by printing their own money"

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The Spanish town of Guernica after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft, 1937. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)
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The bombing of Guernica: who was responsible?

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John of Gaunt shown in a c16th-century portrait
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John of Gaunt: The man who would be king

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Meeting in Tenochtitlan between Hernan Cortes
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Two worlds collide: Spanish conquistadors and Aztecs

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Catherine of Aragon: Henry’s greatest queen

A painting of 1616 depicts the Moriscos boarding ships to sail from the port of Valencia
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The 17th-century expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain: what happened?

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