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An illustration of Edward II. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Medieval

The big debate: was Edward II really murdered?

A sculpture of Genghis Kahn

Medieval

The brutal brilliance of Genghis Khan

A cartoon from 'Punch' magazine (1903) titled 'Fidgety Joe', by Edward Linley Sambourne, depicting two parents representing the Duke of Devonshire and Arthur Balfour (centre), respective leaders of the Liberal Unionist and Conservative parties, trying to control their son, Joseph Chamberlain. In 1903, Joseph Chamberlain began his famous crusade for Imperial Preference – an issue which caused deep divisions in the government and ultimately paved the way for the Liberal Party's return to power in the 1906 general election. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Brexit, the Corn Laws and the Common Market: a brief history of Britain’s trade deals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British soldiers while away the hours in a photograph captioned "The long, long Burmese day", c1892. Many imperial troops went decades without firing a shot in anger. (Photo by National Media Museum/Royal Photographic Society/SSPL/Getty Images)

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Britain’s bored imperialists. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Catherine Hanley talks to Ellie Cawthorne about Matilda, the legitimate daughter of Henry I. (Photographed for BBC History Magazine by Jeni Nott).

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Catherine Hanley on Matilda: "Honestly, if I were her, I'd have wanted to put my fist through a wall". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British Artist Ivon Hitchens. (Image by Bridgeman)

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My history hero: Chris Packham chooses Ivon Hitchens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

As a child king, Henry VI – shown in a c16th-century portrait – learned the lessons of kingship from books. Unfortunately, those books didn't extol the merits of ruthlessness and practising realpolitik. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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How Henry VI's love of peace cost him the throne – and his life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rogues' gallery: Images of criminals incarcerated in prisons including Wormwood Scrubs and Newcastle City Gaol, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Their crimes included stealing clothes, money, boots, and leather. Recent research into Victorian mugshot books – and increasing digital access to court and prison records – offers a different picture of Victorian criminality to the one painted by writers such as Charles Dickens, argues Heather Shore. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

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Dark secrets of the Victorian Underworld: did hardened criminals stalk Britain's cities?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The regions of Britain in 1635, before the 1707 Acts of Union that united England and Scotland. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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“The anglocentric view we have of British history is unsustainable,” says Misha Glenny. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fidel Castro addresses delegates of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York, September 1960. (Photo by Tommy Weber/AFP/Getty Images)

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How should history remember Fidel Castro?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cesare Lombroso, described as the 'father of criminology'. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Victorian

The ‘born criminal’? Lombroso and the origins of modern criminology

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Why Churchill’s reputation is still on the line. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. (Illustration by Femke de Jong for BBC History Magazine)

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Michael WoodOn Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The former Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, for whom Edward gave up the throne in 1936, sparking a crisis that rocked the British monarchy. The couple are pictured here in 1939. (Photo by Keystone-France\Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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The 7 most romantic moments in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A British military post in a street in Dublin during the Easter Uprising, 1916. (Photo by ullstein picture via Getty Images)

20th Century

The history of Ireland: 11 milestone moments

The tomb of King Richard III, who was reinterred at Leicester cathedral of Saint Martin following the discovery of his body in 2012. (Photo by Getty Images)

Medieval

A ‘car park king’ timeline: the discovery of Richard III

Russian troops hoist the red banner of the Soviet Army after Stalingrad

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Stalingrad: the crushing of the Reich. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of Isabella of France. From the book ‘Our Queen Mothers’ by Elizabeth Villiers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Medieval

Isabella of France: the rebel queen

Irish rugby fans in London for the international match between Ireland and England at Twickenham Stadium, 13 February 1937. (Photo by E Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Rugby warriors: the rugby-playing heroes of the First and Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Did Churchill’s postwar speeches save the world?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull. (Photo by Francis G. Mayer/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

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Alexander Hamilton vs Thomas Jefferson: the rise and fall of America's founding fathers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Endurance, the ship of Ernest Shackleton

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My history hero: Ernest Shackleton (d1922). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jews waiting on a Warsaw street for the deportation to a concentration camp.(Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

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Should more be done to remember the Holocaust in Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aleksander Kulisiewicz, wearing a concentration camp uniform, performs at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Italy, 1965. (Image: Kulisiewicz family)

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The LibrarySongs of the Holocaust: the music of Aleksander Kulisiewicz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An 11th-century depiction of the Anglo-Saxon priest Wulfstan, who feared that Viking raids on England signalled the end of the world. (Image by Mary Evans)

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Viking apocalypse: the invasion that spelled doom for the Anglo-Saxons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lady Sybil Grey, an indomitable Englishwoman who, as a nurse in Russia, led a field hospital and had a grandstand view of the February 1917 revolution that toppled the tsar. (Illustration by Sue Gent for BBC History Magazine)

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The LibraryLady Sybil Grey: a lady in the line of fire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A maid polishes a silver dish. Female domestic servants were highly vulnerable to sexual exploitation, but in Reformation France they found some ways to fight back. (Photo by: Christophel Fine Art/UIG via Getty Images)

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The women who wouldn’t be silenced in Reformation France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Petra Kelly. “Through sheer force of will, Petra Kelly put green politics on the map. Her success in Germany in the 1980s inspired green parties across the world to shake things up,” says Caroline Lucas. (Photo by Schulze-Vorberg/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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My history hero: Caroline Lucas chooses Petra Kelly (1947–92). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The reconstructed Castle Square offers a glimpse of how Warsaw would have looked in the past. (Photo by Alamy)

General Modern

My favourite place: Warsaw, Poland

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