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Q&A: When and why was the medieval law of outlawry eventually repealed?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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August 2017

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Georgian

The real history behind ‘Poldark’ series three: episode two

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Austen’s influences: Lucy Worsley on the author’s life and work. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Churchill on film: the challenges of portraying a Second World War icon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Snap election 2017: the historians’ verdict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elfreth's Alley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the oldest residential street in the United States. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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History Explorer: Philadelphia, USA. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting depicting an experiment in an English school on a bird in an air pump, 1768. National Gallery, London. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

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How Europe won the race to prosperity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Swiss psychiatrist Dr Carl Jung in his library at home. (Photo by Dmitri Kessel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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My history hero: Carl Jung (1875–1961). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The crews of Israeli armoured vehicles during the waiting period before the beginning of the Six-Day War. (Photo by David Rubinger/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Six days that shook the Middle East. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn in the Tower

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Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I in their own words: 5 fascinating letters from Tudor monarchs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British Conservative leader Margaret Thatcher faces the press outside London's Europa Hotel following her victory in the leadership election, 20 February 1975. (Photo by Frank Barratt/Keystone/Getty Images)

General Modern

Bolting to the ballot box: Snap elections through history

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Britain’s road to democracy: slow and not always steady. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An older couple is watching a Canadian soldier with a bulldozer working in the ruins of a house in the rue de Bayeux.10th July 1944. The church towers in the background have survived the Allied bombing intact. Caen, Normandy, France. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

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D-Day: the successes and failures in focus. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

StuartvideoVideo: Historian Dan Jones on the Great Fire of London 1666

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Should historical place names be changed to fit modern values? Historians debate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Myth-making and belonging: the coins of the Roman provinces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Albert Einstein, standing in front of the Einstein Tower in 1926. (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Q&AWhy the Einstein Tower was renamed – twice. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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August/September 2017

Illustration by Sarah Young

Anglo-Saxon

Ælfthryth: England’s first queen

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Portrait of Richard Wagner, 1883. (Photo By DEA/A Dagli Orti/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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My History Hero: Richard Wagner (1813–83). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth Fry visiting Newgate Prison, 1926. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Elizabeth Fry: the great reformer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Knights of the Round (Miniature from La Quête du Saint Graal et la Mort d'Arthus), c1220. Found in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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King Arthur: the big questions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portico entrance of Oxford's famous Ashmolean Museum. (Dreamstime)

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History explorerThe history of British museums. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Giralda tower and cathedral seen across the Plaza de la Alianza, Seville, Spain. (Getty Images)

Medieval

My favourite place: Seville, Spain

Travelling Mass set, c1535, consisting of a silver-gilt chalice; a paten (Communion plate) and a glass bottle for wine, with a leather box in which to carry them. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Tudor

Henry VIII's savage Reformation

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John Hunter and the horrors of 18th-century surgery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A series of images depicting Victorian women wearing crinolines, c1860. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian

Stitching the fashions of the 19th century: who dressed the 19th-century elite?

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