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Rutger Bregman’s optimistic history of the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sardinia: the legacy of the notorious shepherd-bandits of the mountains. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The big question: what have the Romans ever done for us?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The English Reformation: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

How successful was the Dambusters raid?

Your guide to...the Spanish Inquisition

Elma Brenner on medieval wellbeing: "People in the Middle Ages were absolutely focused on staying healthy"

10 things you (probably) didn't know about the Middle Ages

Rethinking the Renaissance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In a nutshellThe Cathars and the Albigensian Crusade

Monks behaving badly. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval misconceptions: 12 myths about life in the Middle Ages – busted

Black Death facts: your guide to "the worst catastrophe in recorded history"

Why Florence Nightingale was so much more than the ‘Lady with the Lamp’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Britain at War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval globetrotters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"Hooray! The war is ended": 5 people's recollections of VE Day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"The war without an end": what happened in Europe after VE Day?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The rise of spiritualism after WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

VE Day at 75Preparing for peace: why WW2 felt like a war without an end. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

WW2: Why did the Allies win the Second World War?

How the world made us. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History quiz: how much do you know about the Black Death?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Countdown to VE Day: the week World War 2 ended in Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who were the gladiators of ancient Rome? Plus Spartacus, Crixus and 8 more fighters you should know

The Last Kingdom S4 E6 review: a mysterious medieval ‘Sickness’ leaves its mark

Ivar the Boneless, Ragnvald of Ed and 6 more Vikings you should know about

The unexpected Vikings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Nazi mystery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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