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This 1867 magazine illustration shows a group of children preparing for Halloween. (Photo by American Stock/Getty Images)

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The origins of Halloween: tricks, treats and cobbled streets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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5 reasons why the King James version of the Bible matters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Four figures in a boat, including the ibis-headed god Thoth and the scarab-headed god Khepri

Ancient Egypt

8 ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses you might not know about

A painting by Italian painter Defendente Ferrari (c1480-1540) showing a Saint performing a miracle.

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Medieval saints and sinners: tales of saintly miracles in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The historical differences between Scottish and English Law, and what it means for Brexit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The wrecked remains of an Allied glider that participated in Market Garden

Second World War

Why Operation Market Garden, the Allies' battle for Arnhem, was a disaster in the planning

Archduchess Ileana’s great grandmother, Queen Victoria, whose birth certificate Ileana desperately needed to get hold of (Getty) 

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Queen Victoria and the Nazis: the strange tale of the search for the royal family's Aryan origins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jan Žižka, the general whose peasant army defied the Holy Roman Empire in the 1420s.

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Christ’s communists: the radical religious sect that challenged the Holy Roman Empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Agincourt, 1415

Medieval

True-to-scale battle numbers and 15th-century life: look inside the revamped Agincourt museum

The portrait of Queen Elizabeth I known as the Ditchley portrait

Elizabethan

What did Queen Elizabeth I really look like at 60?

Chancellor Adolf Hitler with President Paul von Hindenburg, Berlin, 1 May 1933

Second World War

Hitler's millionaire backers: how Germany's elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis

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Sir Max Hastings: “While the Dambuster raid’s strategic impact was almost nil, its propaganda value was immense”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Henri III: Elizabeth I’s unlikely ally. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Crusaders defeat the Turks at Dorylaeum in 1097, as shown in a 14th-century illumination

Medieval

Crusaders: did they fight for God or gold?

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ExploreA masterpiece of Gothic grandeur: the Church of St Mary, Warwick. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Akershus Festning in Oslo, Norway

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TravelExplore Oslo, Norway: Myths, Munch and fjord-side strolls. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History heroJulia Bradbury chooses Amelia Earhart (1897–1937). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 16th-century portrait of Mary, Queen of Scots. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Stuart

Mary, Queen of Scots: the real history behind the film

Adolf Hitler watches German troops march in central Poland

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Roger Moorhouse: How Hitler’s diplomatic miscalculation led to WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo which was believed to be of the Loch Ness Monster

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The quest for the Loch Ness Monster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A real Peaky Blinder mug-shot

VictoriangalleryIn pictures: what did the real Peaky Blinders look like?

A woman on a medieval ducking stool

Medieval

Q&AQ&A: Were ducking stools ever used as punishment for crimes other than witchcraft during the Middle Ages?

Four soliders of the 36th Sikhs, various ranks, 1896. The regiment was led in January 1897 to occupy the Samana posts, says Captain Jay Singh-Sohal. (Reproduced with permission from australiansikhheritage.com)

Victorian

The battle of Saragarhi: when 21 Sikh soldiers stood against 10,000 men

Photo by Klaus Vedfelt via Getty Images

General Modern

Top tips for studying history at university

Soldiers standing on the western front during WW2

Second World War

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Second World War

Brendan Sims, professor of the history of international relations at the University of Cambridge

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Books interview with Brendan Simms: “Hitler didn’t see Germany’s main enemy as Soviet communism, but Anglo-American capitalism”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aerial view of Dover Castle

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ExploreExplore Dover Castle: Britain’s first line of defence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Taxing the rich to feed the poor in the 17th century: the world's first welfare state. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Native American leader Sitting Bull

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History heroSteven Knight chooses Sitting Bull (1831–90). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 16th-century map showing Magellan's ship

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A voyage from hell: how Magellan’s circumnavigation of the world changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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