Crime and punishment

Left: Hungarian Jews arrive at Auschwitz-Birkenau, in German-occupied Poland, in June 1944. Between May and July that year, more than 430,000 Hungarian Jews were deported to the camp complex. Right: Prisoners at Dachau celebrate the liberation of the camp by US soldiers on 29 April 1945. The camp was used again after the war to house SS personnel awaiting trial, and then German refugees. (Photos by Getty Images and Alamy)

Second World War

Aftermath of the Holocaust: how Europe dealt with the crimes of the Third Reich

Amy Robsart and the Earl of Leicester

Amy Robsart: a Tudor tragedy

A police officer uses his baton on a protester in Glasgow, 1919

1919: Britain’s red summer

Two girls are tried for witchcraft in a courtroom scene

What were the Salem Witch Trials?

Abraham Lincoln (Photo by Library of Congress)

The secret plot to kill Lincoln

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Coffee, plague and the Great Fire: the pleasures and perils of living in Restoration London

The pirate John Avery and his crew capture the the Moghul emperor Aurangzeb 's ship in the Indian ocean in the late 17th century. (Photo by Getty Images)

Henry Avery: the legendary 17th-century pirate

Wrecked buildings in Los Angeles' South Central district following 1992 riots

The 1992 LA riots

Medieval punishments

How bloody was medieval life?

Two fighting Irishmen with axes, one hitting another in the head. Illustration after the Roy manuscript, 13th century (Photo by Getty Images)

Saturday lecture: Medieval crime and violence

Painting of an auto-da-fé

In a nutshell the Spanish Inquisition

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The assassination of prime minister Spencer Perceval: what happened and was it a popular murder?

What was a drunkard's cloak used for? This illustration shows a man wearing the archaic punishment tool designed to punish habitual drinkers. (Photo by Getty Images)

Q&A What was a drunkard’s cloak used for?

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7 podcasts about Queen Victoria and the Victorians to listen to right now

Hillsborough Disaster floral tributes

A brief history of the Hillsborough disaster and justice campaigner Anne Williams, ahead of ITV drama Anne