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

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Why decimation was the most unfair punishment in the Roman Army

Montage of famous assassinations, including Gandhi and JFK.

General History

50 assassinations that changed the world

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A crusader army led by French king Louis IX clashes with Ayyubid forces at Mansurah in 1250. Two centuries of warfare across the Middle East “drew a torrent of often dangerous young men into the region”, writes Steve Tibble. (Photo by Getty Images)

Crusader criminals: why medieval knights went rogue in the Holy Land . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kavita Puri’s hidden histories: how Gurdip Singh Chaggar’s murder in 1976 sparked a youth movement . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Priest's Hole, formerly a medieval sewer, beneath the kitchen in Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire.

A perilous game of hide and seek The history of priest holes and hunters

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'The Shipwreck' by William Falconer, c. 1762. Illustration for the verse: 'But, lo! At last, from tenfold darkness born, Forth issues o'er the wave the weeping morn'. (from Gems from the poets, Illustrated by F. A. Lydon. 1860?). W.F, Scottish poet: 11 February 1732 - 1769 (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Shipwrecked: the 18th-century looters who endured five months of hell . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration shows force-feeding of suffragettes

What was the Cat and Mouse Act? The reason why suffragettes were force-fed

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Video podcast Victorian crime and punishment: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Victorian crime and punishment: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A 21st-century Holocaust trial . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The shocking Alcatraz escape of 11 June 1962

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Alcatraz history: from pelican paradise to prolific prison

Photographs of some of the victims of the 1944 Nazi massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane

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Oradour-sur-Glane massacre: the brutal SS atrocity that still haunts France

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The ideal highwayman in the 18th century was a gentleman, explains Bob Shoemaker. He robbed without violence, although he may have threatened it. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

From murderous motivations to chivalrous reputations The fascinating history of highwaymen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.