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Giuseppe Garibaldi in Naples, Italy, 1861. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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God, gangs and Garibaldi. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vintage family photo album and documents. (Getty Images)

20th Century

How to become a local historian

View of Algiers with mediterranean galleys, published in Johannes van Keulen's Dutch Atlas, 1709. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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When Britons were slaves in Africa

The Temple Church, London, a late 12th-century church built for and by the Knights Templar. (Photo by LatitudeStock - David Williams/Getty Images)

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History explorer: The Knights Templar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wrought iron lace adorns many old buildings and houses in the streets of New Orleans. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: New Orleans, Louisiana

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5 facts you (probably) didn’t know about Nelson’s navy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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6 strange newspaper stories that shocked Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bleddyn ap Cynfyn: the first Prince of Wales?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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February 2017

Section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting a woman and child fleeing from a burning house. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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The Anglo-Saxons’ last stand. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Silence: the history behind Martin Scorsese’s new film

Illustration by Femke De Jong

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The medieval longing for the good old days. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Barcelona. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Barcelona

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Ada Nield Chew: England’s forgotten suffragist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian

Festive QI facts: 8 things you (probably) didn’t know about the history of Christmas

A Roman relief showing a market scene

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A handbook to shopping in ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pevensey Castle, England. First fortified by the Romans, William the Conqueror famously landed his army there in 1066 and a Norman castle was developed during the century after the Norman Conquest. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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The LibraryQ&A: How did the Normans learn to build castles?

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A day in the life of Jane Austen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pyramids at Giza. (DEA/A Vergani/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Ancient Egypt

Ancient Egyptian family trees: are present-day Egyptians the descendants of the ancient Egyptians who built the pyramids?

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How could the son of Henry VIII become Edward VI?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roman amphitheatre in Caerleon, Wales. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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History Explorer: The Roman army in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Martin Luther King (centre) rides the Montgomery bus with Rev Glenn Smiley of Texas. (Getty Images)

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The LibraryWhat was history’s most dramatic year?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-metre run at the 1968 Olympic Games, engage in a victory stand protest against unfair treatment of blacks in the United States. They refuse to recognise the American flag and national anthem. (Getty Images)

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The fight for Black America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Woody Guthrie c1970. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

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My history hero: Woody Guthrie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bethlehem. (Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Bethlehem, West Bank

Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum Tristram Hunt. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

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History-loving politicians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Persuading the people: British propaganda in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Historians in parliament. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The USS Arizona burning in Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack. To the left of her are USS Tennessee and the sunken USS West Virginia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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How did the rest of the world react to the attack on Pearl Harbor?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What religion was practised by the people of Lithuania before their conversion to Christianity in the 14th century?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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