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Women of the Middle Ages with Janina Ramirez video series title card

MasterclassWomen of the Middle Ages, with Janina Ramirez

The Arnolfini portrait painting – oil on wood – appears to depict a wealthy couple holding hands in a domestic setting, the bed perhaps indicating that they are in a bedchamber

Art historyWhat great paintings say. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

SalemInvestigating the witch trials

TutankhamunLife, Death, Legacy

15 minutes of fameHistory's unsung heroes

Landmarks of Berlin

Berlin historyDark days and bright nights. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Cuban Missile CrisisWorld on the brink

Episode 1Berlin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's Greatest Conspiracy Theories: Season 1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Orthodox monks (backed by Russia) and Catholic clerics (backed by France) both tried to stake their claim to Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Why did the Crimean War start?

Applying economic pressure and blocking bulky Russian exports helped win the war, says Professor Lambert

OpinionProfessor Andrew Lambert on the Crimean War's legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The book that transformed medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why the Middle Ages matter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roger Fenton’s assistant, Marcus Sparling, poses with their mobile ‘Photographic Van’

The major innovations of the Crimean War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrayal of the Charge of the Light Brigade

The Charge of the Light BrigadeWho blundered in the Valley of Death?

Reeta Chakrabarti and Janusz Korczak

My history heroReeta Chakrabarti chooses Janusz Korczak. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The cult of Freud: science, sex & psychoanalysis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Queen distributing the Crimea Medal, Horseguards Parade, London, c1850s, (1888).

How did the Crimean War end?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Battle of Sinop.

8 battles that shaped the Crimean War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Breastfeeding: a cultural history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Charge of the Light Brigade during the Battle of Balaclava, 1854. Artist Hayes, Michael Angelo (1820-1877).

The Crimean WarA timeline of key moments

Heliogabalus: Rome’s scandalous emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soldiers in the Crimean War

Your ultimate guide to the Crimean War

Lord Byron

Everything you wanted to know about the Romantics

Interwar Britain: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroIain Dale chooses Ronald Reagan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor.

Everything you wanted to know about the Roman emperors

Which LGBTQ+ histories get told – and which get overlooked?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The solid gold death mask of ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, now held in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (Photo by Fayed El-Geziry/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

TutankhamunThe Egyptian boy who really discovered the Boy King. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From the Middle Ages to #MeToo: Chaucer’s Wife of Bath. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.