People watching the Royal Wedding

United Kingdom

Why were the Tudors called the Tudors? The answer lies with Catherine of Valois (pictured), widow of Henry V. (Photo by Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty)

Tudor

Q&AWhy were they called the Tudors?

The Church of St Martin of Tours in Canterbury

Anglo-Saxon

Q&AWhat is the oldest church in England?

Photograph of John Snow in 1856

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The Broad Street cholera outbreak: how bad was it and how was it contained?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of Elizabeth I in a cage

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What if...The Spanish Armada had landed?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Children in Auschwitz

Second World War

The Windermere Children: the remarkable stories of 300 child survivors of the Holocaust

Our composite image shows Henry II framed by an Arabic arch. Henry claimed he "would sooner accept the errors of Nur-al-Din" than suffer Thomas Becket remaining as archbishop. (Image by Bridgeman/Getty Images)

Medieval

King Henry II: the Muslim monarch of medieval England?

Ramsay MacDonald, the first British Labour prime minister, pictured after the general election of 1931

20th Century

A brief history of the Labour Party

Britons watch Queen Elizabeth II’s Christmas message in 1958. (© Topfoto)

20th Century

A brief history of the Christmas Speech

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

Postcard of a group of men wearing identical clothing boarding a boat for a stag party, c1914. (Photo via Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images).

General Modern

Stag nights and hen dos: a brief history of bachelor and bachelorette parties

Illustration of Boudica, victorious over the Romans

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What if…Boudica had defeated the Romans?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Florence Nightingale

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Nursing by numbers: how Florence Nightingale campaigned for better conditions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Frances Griffiths poses with the fairies

20th Century

Fairies, rabbit births and an 'ancient' tiara: what are the greatest historical hoaxes?

Portrait of Queen Anne

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Queen Anne's reputation: why isn't she more fondly remembered?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two scenes from the Chronique de St Denis, late 14th century. The left-hand scene depicts the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France in 1137. The scene on the right shows Louis departing by ship to go on the Second Crusade in 1147. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Eleanor of Aquitaine: the medieval queen who took on Europe’s most powerful men. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of the young Elizabeth I. (Photo by Art Collection 2/Alamy Stock Photo)

Elizabethan

Elizabeth I's personality: the unfathomable queen

A woman in riding gear breaks out in a grin in the c1860s. "The 'WE are not amused' slogan has tarnished the Victorians for long enough," writes Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones. (Image by Mary Evans Picture Library)

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Smiling Victorians: why it's a myth that our ancestors didn't smile for pictures. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The effects of the disease known as the Black Death

Medieval

Black Death quarantine: how did we try to contain the most deadly disease in history?

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

Illustration of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn on their wedding day

Tudor

The royal weddings of Henry VIII: Alison Weir on what came before divorced, beheaded, died...

A portrait of Charles I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Has history been unfair to Charles I?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VIII

Tudor

Q&AWhat was the Sweating Sickness? And how did Henry VIII ‘self-isolate’?

Children play as air raid wardens during the Blitz in London

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Q&AHow did WW2 affect schools in London?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

PT Barnum and General Tom Thumb

Victorian

The greatest show on earth? The myths of the Victorian freak show

Henry V. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library / Alamy)

Medieval

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Henry V and the battle of Agincourt

Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Bennet

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Jane Austen’s tips for “health and happiness”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Scotland's cry for liberty: the Declaration of Arbroath. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking

The truth about Viking berserkers

Tudor

Royal women podcast episodes

20th Century

Misbehaviour at Miss World: what happened at the 1970 beauty pageant?

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