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King Arthur triumphs over the Saxons at the battle of Mount Badon

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How much of the story of King Arthur is true?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Henry VIII’s mistresses: who else did the Tudor king sleep with?

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David Olusoga"Half a million cats and dogs were put to death in 1939 – for no good reason". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Anne Boleyn. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Anne Boleyn: a 16th-century feminist?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn

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Anne Boleyn’s final battle: Tracy Borman reveals Henry VIII's final 'kindness'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Glamis Castle is said to be the most-haunted castle in Scotland. (Photo by mpalis via Getty Images)

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A royal ghost tour: 5 haunted sites around Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ruins of Coventry Cathedral after bombing

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Your guide to the 1940 Coventry Blitz

A portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

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Walter Ralegh: “The rankest traitor in all England?”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stephen Bourne on Black soldiers in WW2

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Black Britons in WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of a group of supposed witches

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A very brief history of witches by Suzannah Lipscomb

A 14th-century depiction of bakers at work. (Image by Getty Images)

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Social mobility in the Middle Ages: could medieval people improve their station?

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Adventure and opportunity: female transatlantic travellers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Thomas More: saint or sinner?

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Tudor queens on screen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Knights of the Round Table are that the heart of many Arthurian legends

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Who were the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, and where does the Holy Grail fit in?

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Christian Frederick Cole: England’s first black barrister. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rescue workers at the scene of the wrecked Pantglas Junior School at Aberfan, South Wales. (Getty Images)

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Death under the black mountain: surviving the 1966 Aberfan disaster

Relatives wave off convicts being sent from England

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Your guide to...transportation to Australia

Diana and Charles being driven to Buckingham Palace after their wedding

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Princess Diana and Prince Charles’s wedding: everything you need to know

Staff hard at work at Bletchley Park. The people who worked here did so under conditions of utmost secrecy, and with little idea of how their work slotted into the grand scheme of things. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

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Bletchley Park: Britain's wartime intelligence factory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Famous Victorians: Emily Bronte and Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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7 famous Victorians: from Brontë to Brunel

A portrait of Catherine of Aragon, Henry VIII's first wife. Henry and Catherine's marriage was a happy one, until their failure to produce a male heir began to cast a long shadow. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Catherine of Aragon: Henry's greatest queen

Illustration shows James IV ceding his crown following defeat at the battle of Flodden. (Picture by Pictorial Press Ltd / Alamy Stock Photo)

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Your guide to the battle of Flodden 1513

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A Triple Bond Broken: The Destruction of the House of York. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Evil May Day

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Naming of St John the Baptist, c12th century. From a wall painting in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Medieval baby names: what were people called in the Middle Ages?

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Queen Victoria’s voracious appetite for food and sex

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Harold Godwinson being crowned king of England. Harold was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England and was killed by William, Duke of Normandy at the battle of Hastings in 1066. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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1066: eight days that rocked England

The British royal family at the Queen's annual birthday parade 2019

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A brief guide to the British royal family, by The Crown’s historian Robert Lacey

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