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This portrait presents Saladin wearing an elaborate headdress, emphasising his status as a ruler of the medieval Islamic world.
Medieval

Meet the shadowy assassins who were seconds from taking out Saladin – and upending the Crusades

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Was the Boston Tea Party REALLY a peaceful protest?.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: life of the week.

This scene comes from the Bayeux Tapestry, the nearly 70-metre-long embroidered narrative that chronicles the events leading to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Norman

The Bayeux Tapestry is beautiful, but what was its purpose? New research might have the answer

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We often refer to countries as 'female' – so why has history excluded women from nation-building?.

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Quiz of the weekHenry VIII was particularly skilled at which sport?

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