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A watermill, with fish nets and eel traps visible beneath the waters of the mill leat Luttrell Psalter. England, c 1325-1335. (Photo by Alamy)

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Simon de Montfort and England’s First Revolution

A Fool Rebuked by God, 14th-century psalter. (Photo by Heritage Arts/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

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Empress Matilda

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An illustration depicting the deposition of the body of Edward the Confessor in the tomb at Westminster in 1066. (

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King Arthur and a hand holding the sword Excalibur.

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Victoria, Albert and their children admire the royal Christmas tree

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Afua Hirsch in Kenya. (Photo by Clear Story/BBC)

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Painting of Masons building a pillar in a church

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Battle of Bosworth, 22 August 1485

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Richard III. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Afua Hirsch with the Samburu people, Kenya

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14th century miniature showing a child's baptism. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Brothers in arms Louis IX on his way to the Seventh Crusade, 1248. The French king kept his three brothers onside – preventing any potential family infighting – by providing them with huge lordships. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

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A painting of the Princes in the Tower

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