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Portrait of Martin Luther by Lucas Cranach, 1543. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Europe's holy war: how the Reformation convulsed a continent

(Illustration by Davide Bonazzi for BBC History Magazine)

The big question: has the European Union been a success?

Members of the royal family at an event marking the centenary of the Royal Air Force. (Photo by TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Opposing the royals: a brief history of republicanism in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Adolf Hitler

Rise of a dictator: how did Hitler gain power and become the führer of Germany?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Youths salute Adolf Hitler

Second World War

Hitler Youth: how the Third Reich used children’s organisations to wage war

Indian soldiers during WWI

Indians in the trenches. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (Lord Lucan), who disappeared in 1974 following a bloody homicide

The curious case of Lord Lucan + 10 other mysterious disappearances from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Policemen from Scotland Yard patrolling at night

Real-life Sherlocks: the detectives of Scotland Yard and their curious cases. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Blood stealing the Crown Jewels

The day Thomas Blood stole the Crown Jewels. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of the barons compelling King John to ratify Magna Carta, 1215. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

6 facts about Magna Carta

Pope Francis celebrates a priesthood ordination and mass in St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo by Filippo MONTEFORTE / AFP via Getty Images)

General History

Sex and the (Vatican) City: a brief history of clerical celibacy

Fighting for the vote. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Glamorous portrait of movie actress Hedy Lamarr wearing white fox fur short jacket

History heroMartha Lane Fox chooses Hedy Lamarr (1914–2000)

Holocaust orphans (Photo by Getty)

The Holocaust orphans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill

The death of Sir Winston Churchill and the top-secret plans for his funeral

An engraving depicts a frost fair on the Thames

Frozen: Britain's Little Ice Age

Child survivors at Auschwitz

Second World War

A brief history of Auschwitz

Simon de Montfort’s medieval revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector

Royalists, beards and cowardice: are these the strangest taxes in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 lesser-known facts about the Ottoman Empire

Princess Margaret wearing a fur coat

The Queen's "rebel sister": 13 facts about Princess Margaret

Sir Nicholas Winton

Second World War

The 'British Schindler' who saved 669 children from the Nazis

American president Warren G Harding and his wife, First Lady Florence Harding.

Tension in the Middle East and populist presidents: what the world was like 100 years ago. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Windrush generation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scandalous Tudor marriages: 7 women who braved royal wrath by marrying for love

Puritans and the Mayflower. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

German prisoners of war

What would you have done? 6 terrible choices people had to make during the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

New York City police watching agents pour liquor into a sewer

Wet vs Dry: how prohibition fractured America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward VI

To kidnap a king: the foiled plot to abduct Edward VI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Auschwitz volunteer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.