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My favourite place: Florence

Professor Ronald Hutton © Jeni Nott

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Witchcraft through the ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Woodcut of a meal shared at a witches' Sabbath. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Ronald Hutton on the Witch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

High Victorian style garden designed by James Bateman. (Getty Images)

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History explorerVictorian gardens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward the Black Prince receiving from his father, King Edward III, the conquered provinces of France gained during the Hundred Years' War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The Black Prince: a true prince of darkness?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A proponent of same-sex marriage protests outside the Houses of Parliament, 3 June 2013. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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The Sexual Offences Act: a gay revolution?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of a public execution at Newgate, London, late 18th century. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The LibraryA deadly obsession in Victorian London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), 1797. Artist: Abbott, Lemuel Francis (1760-1802)

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My history hero: Horatio Nelson (1758–1805). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Calcutta pavement, c1961

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After Partition: colony politics and the rise of communism in Bengal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hannibal’s war elephants are defeated at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. (AKG)

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How Hannibal beat the Alps but couldn't beat Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British prime minister Winston Churchill greeting the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. From left to right: Princess Elizabeth II; the Queen Mother; Churchill, King George VI and Princess Margaret. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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Buckingham Palace’s balcony: a focal point for national celebration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Graham's Poldark novels remind us of aspects of the past that might otherwise remain in the shadows, says Hannah Greig. (Image credit: Mammoth screen/BBC)

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The real history behind 'Poldark' series three: episode nine

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The Koh-i-Noor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Medieval zombies: how the walking dead haunted the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Living through Partition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dunkirk: 6 big questions on a remarkable rescue mission. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

View of Halong Bay taken from the top of an island. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Vietnam

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The lost objects of South Asia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Money, love and revenge: the motivations of spies through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryThe English in America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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September 2017

Test pilot Melitta Schiller (right), Berlin, June 1943. (Photo by DRK/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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The women who flew for Hitler: an interview with Clare Mulley. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood… on radical Islamism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ironbridge over the river Severn in Telford, England. (Getty Images)

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History explorer: The power of British iron. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Front and profile views of the bust of Roman dictator Julius Caesar (c50 BC) on display in the British Museum. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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My history heroNick Knowles chooses Julius Caesar (100–44 BC). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Iranian Jewish woman walks past the graves of Polish Jews who died in Iran during and after the Second World War

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The LibraryThe incredible tale of the WW2 Poles who fought back. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Pilgrim Fathers leaving Delft Haven on their voyage to America, July 1620. Image dates from 1878. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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England’s migrant crisis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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BBC World Histories – back issues

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Tower Bridge: Uncovering the history of a London landmark. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Children at war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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