General Early Modern

Illustration of an 18th Century lady with large hair style

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Photograph of two men pulling a mobile disinfection unit.

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A pregnant woman receives a piece of beef

General Early Modern

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A bus makes its way down Fleet Street towards Ludgate Hill Circus and St Paul's Cathedral, London, c1888. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Olivette Otele for BBC History Magazine.

General Early Modern

Olivette Otele

Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

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