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Religion

An illustration from the first edition of John Foxe The Book of Martyrs. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
Tudor

The Library Elizabeth I’s war with England’s Catholics

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Roman

Q&A Why are bishops called Pontiffs?

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Tudor

Q&A What was the Pilgrimage of Grace?

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Worshippers inside the Duke Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Surrey, listening to a service in 1954. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Second World War

The Library D-Day for God?

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Christianity ‘transformed how dead were buried’

Christians ‘airbrushed women out of history’

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Medieval

The Library History Explorer: the rise of English Christianity

A Victorian front cover of Lindisfarne Gospels.
Early medieval

The Lindisfarne Gospels

Tironensian communities such as that of Kelso Abbey were particularly popular in Scotland. (Heartland-Arts/Getty Images)
Medieval

Where history happened: the monastic revolution

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Medieval

Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States

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General Modern

Britain and Islam: a matter of faith

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Early medieval

Church graffiti

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Medieval

Where history happened: the cult of Thomas Becket

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Medieval

The Crusader States

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Medieval

The day a Mexican farmer had a vision of the Virgin Mary

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