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A purported portrait of Elizabeth Báthory as a young woman

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Elizabeth Báthory: a 17th-century ‘serial killer’

A statue of Alice Nutter

The Pendle witches: what happened in the infamous Lancashire witch trial?

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Quiz How much do you know about the Civil War?

Cromwell depicted with Major-General John Lambert

What if... Oliver Cromwell’s son had never been named Lord Protector?

Picture depicting the Battle of Worcester

The battle of Worcester: Cromwell’s last battle

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Roundheads and Cavaliers: where did the Civil War nicknames come from?

Painting depicting the Battle of Naseby

The battle of Naseby: what happened?

A 19th-century painting of Queen Henrietta Maria fleeing England as the Civil Wars turn against Charles I (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

From the home front to the front line: what were the roles of women in the Civil War?

In a 19th-century painting by Charles Landseer, Oliver Cromwell reads Charles I’s explosive correspondence captured at Naseby. It revealed the king was conspiring to gain Catholic support for his cause (Photo by ART Collection/Alamy Stock Photo)

10 key battles of the Civil War

A painting of the battle of Naseby

The New Model Army: how Oliver Cromwell’s radical fighting force won the Civil War

Elizabeth Cromwell

Elizabeth Cromwell: the life of Oliver Cromwell’s shadowy queen

A painting of the battle of Naseby

Is it incorrect to refer to the ‘English Civil War’?