Period

Grosvenor Museum, Chester

Q&A: Did King John ever display goodness?

How the Tudors invented breakfast

How many years of its existence has Britain been at war?

Ye olde travel guide: Rio de Janeiro 1820

Q&A: Were the martial songs in Nazi newsreels typical of the period?

History on trial

The Battle on the Ice, fought between the men of Novgorod and the Teutonic Knights, was a landmark in European history, says Dominic Sandbrook. (Alamy)

A big day in history: Nevsky's Russians crush the Teutonic Knights

When completed in the early 12th century, Durham Cathedral was "absolutely up-to-the-minute in its design and near-perfect in its execution," says Marc Morris. (Jim Gibson via Getty Images)

Where history happened: Norman churches

Polperro Museum, Cornwall

BBC History Magazine

Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood

Thomas Cromwell: a thug in a doublet?

History explorer: the historic Culloden battlefield

Where now for Richard III?

Bridgnorth Castle, Shropshire

BBC History Magazine

Richard I 'not killed by poisoned arrow'

A noisy history of the world

Abraham Lincoln in 1863. The 16th president of the United States "understood the value of hard work, had deep beliefs and pursued them," says Alastair Campbell. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

My history hero: Abraham Lincoln (1809–65)

Ye olde travel guide: Florence 1380

An oil painting depicting the battle of Camperdown, a "crushing British victory" over the Batavian (Dutch) Republic in the North Sea. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Tales from Nelson's navy

Holding the line: France in the First World War

One of the two 19th-century bronze sphinxes sited next to Cleopatra's Needle, London's oldest monument. (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

Where history happened: Egypt in Britain

BBC History Magazine

Live genealogy show returns to London Olympia

Richard III discovery

BBC History Magazine

Macaulay and Son: Architects of Imperial Britain

"I read and studied much": Adolf Hitler at his Berghof mountain retreat in c1936. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

Hitler's philosophers

The call for the First Crusade was initially made by Pope Urban (pictured) in 1095. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Britain and Islam: a matter of faith

Cosmeston Medieval Village, Glamorgan

Leicester 'not trusted' with Richard III remains

Leicester car park skeleton 'is that of Richard III'