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Remains of croft, abandoned during the Scottish Highland Clearances

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The Highland Clearances: a historian’s guide to a century of eviction

A portrait of Caroline of Ansbach

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Caroline of Ansbach: why George II's remarkable queen was the first iron lady of British politics

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The American Revolutionary War: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

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Q&AWho was the Grand Old Duke of York?

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Valentine's celebrations in historyFrom fertility festivals to the first cards

John Wilkes Booth flees the theatre after shooting US president Abraham Lincoln

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Q&AWhy do we say ‘your name is mud’ – and what does it have to do with Abraham Lincoln?

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The battle of Fishguard: the last invasion of mainland Britain

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Georgian Britain: the highs and lows of a transformative age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of Georgian gentlemen smoking, drinking and reading newspapers at their club

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Penelope J Corfield“The Georgian era was a time of experimentation and invention”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

18th century French caricature satirising the fashion for enormous wigs

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Q&ADid Rococo wigs really have mice?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie

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Bonnie Prince Charlie: Scottish superhero or Italian coward?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Luke Waller

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The Pentrich Rising: England's forgotten armed revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Queen Anne’s Revenge: why was Blackbeard's flagship named after the Stuart queen?

Blackbeard, real name Edward Teach, seen standing on a dock with fuses in his beard

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Blackbeard: dastardly sea-devil or kind pirate?

Barbary pirates Oruç and Hayreddin Barbarossa, the siblings who famously captured Algiers from the Spanish in 1516

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Barbary pirates: the Muslim corsairs and their role in the slave trade

Henry Avery stands on the shore holding a cutlass, while his ship Fancy battles the Ganj-i-Sawai in the background

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The real pirates of the Caribbean: your guide to Nassau's pirate republic

Henry Morgan on ship's deck in battle taking a hostage

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Q&ADid pirates really live on the island of Tortuga?

Gentleman pirate Stede Bonnet is hanged from the gallows

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Hunting pirates: how piracy's golden age came to an end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Female pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read holding cutlasses

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Anne Bonny and Mary Read: the deadly female pirate duo

Map showing Sir Francis Drake's privateering fleet attacking Ribeira Grande the capital of Santiago

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Privateers, buccaneers and corsairs: why not all pirates were created equal

Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton, next to a Regency portrait of Kitty Kirkpatrick.

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Inspiring Bridgerton: the real South Asian women in Regency-era England

A pirate ship flying the Jolly Roger closes in on another vessel during a storm

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The golden age of piracy: when pirates ruled the waves

The Jolly Roger, a black flag showing a skuyll and crossbones. (Photo by Henry Guttmann Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Q&ADid all pirates fly the Jolly Roger?

A pirate uses his cutlass to force a bound and blindfolded man to walk the plank

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Q&AWas walking the plank a real pirate punishment?

Pirates burying a treasure chest on a beach as their captain looks on

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Q&AX marks the spot: did pirates bury their treasure?

A 17th century sketch of a peg-legged pirate walking with the aid of crutches

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Q&ADid any real pirates wear eyepatches or have peg legs?

King George II of Great Britain

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George II: 8 facts about the British king and German elector

Photo of tall ship

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Q&AWho do we say 'shot across the bows'?

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The Demerara slave uprising. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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