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Portrait Of Edward Seymour (Colorized)

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Edward Seymour: the fall of the dithering dictator

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Belgium and the Netherlands compete in a tug of war at the Antwerp Olympic

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Jesse Owens sprinting on a track at the Berlin Olympics.

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Queen Elizabeth I dancing with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Artist unknown. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library/Alamy)

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Everything you wanted to know about the church in medieval England – Nicholas Orme podcast

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Medieval romances were sometimes considered subversive material. This scene from the Roman de la Rose, written in the 13th century, depict two lovers. In later centuries, it was said romances “inflamed beastly and filthy desire”

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England's World Cup-winning captain, Bobby Moore (1941–93) kisses the Jules Rimet World Cup trophy after England's 4-2 win over West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London. Also pictured are Moore's team-mates George Cohen, Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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James VI and I.

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A portrait of William Barnes. The accomplished linguist wanted to adopt a form of English purged of foreign imports

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Oliver Cromwell at the battle of Marston Moor. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Joseph Bazalgette, a civil engineer who planned a groundbreaking new drainage system to serve London

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A portrait of Henry VII, the first Tudor king of England, by Michiel Sittow. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Eleanor of Woodstock, eldest daughter of Edward II, whom you can read more about in the April 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine. Medieval princesses had more agency than we might think says historian Kelcey Wilson-Lee. (Image by Alamy)

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