People watching the Royal Wedding

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‘Portrait of a Lady’ by Netherlandish painter Rogier van der Weyden, c1460. From the collection of the National Gallery, London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Medieval

Medieval underwear: bras, pants and lingerie in the Middle Ages

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Was there ever an execution where rain saved someone from being burned at the stake?

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The Day Parliament Burned Down

Stuart

Argyll’s Lodging, Stirling

The White Tower, one of the oldest parts of the Tower of London complex, was built by William the Conqueror. (Getty Images)

Norman

Castles of the Conqueror

A Victorian drawing room with pictures in heavy frames and ornately covered furniture, c1860. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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General Modern

North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland

Scenes of frivolity in the 16th century. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Tudor

Executed queen

Woodcutting depicting the beheading of Charles I. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Georgian

Fort George

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Guinness o'clock

An illustration depicting medieval pilgrims. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The replica of 'The Matthew' arriving at Douarnenez, France in 1998. It was on the original 15th-century vessel that John Cabot travelled to North America. (Getty Images)

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Tudor

Peover Hall, Cheshire

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Second World War

German bomber insurance

General prehistory

St Fagans, Cardiff

Procession portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Arundel Castle, West Sussex

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Burst bubble

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Circulation: William Harvey’s Revolutionary Idea

A photograph of J Meade Falkner, c1915. He "had an extraordinary mind, the type you don't come across often," says Chris de Burgh of the novelist. (Public Domain)

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Durham Cathedral on a sunny day. Taken near to the water of the River Wear. (Dreamstime)

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Richard I (also known as Richard the Lionheart) frequently dated documents with the 'regnal year'. An example of this might be "Winchester on the 23 day of April in the fifth year of our reign", which would translate to 23 April 1194. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The charge of the Scots Greys at the battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, was immortalised in this famous painting of 1881 by Lady Elizabeth Butler (1846-1933). (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Norman

Pickering Castle, North Yorkshire

Viking

Tiw’s company

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