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Laurence Rees
Second World War

Episode 1 The Holocaust with Laurence Rees – Beginnings . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Second World War

Episode 2 The Holocaust with Laurence Rees – Radicalisation . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray by David Martin, c1779.
Period

What great paintings say Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray by David Martin, c1779

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Victorian

Video | The death of Queen Victoria . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Elizabethan

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Catherine Nixey, Rana Mitter and Michael Wood, photographed by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine
21st Century

“A vintage year for history books”: historians choose their best books of 2022 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Stained glass in Exeter Cathedral depicting King Æthelstan. (Dreamstime)
Anglo-Saxon

Video Michael Wood on the astonishing Æthelstan . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Medieval

HistoryExtra Women of the Middle Ages Masterclass with Janina Ramirez Hildegard of Bingen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Medieval

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Medieval

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A painting showing a man and woman side by side with somber expressions. The man holds a pitchfork.
20th Century

What great paintings say American Gothic By Grant Wood, 1930

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21st Century

Video: Dan David History Prize 2022

Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête.
Georgian

What great paintings say Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête by William Hogarth, c1743–45

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
Renaissance

What great paintings say The Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, 1434