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Hans Holbein the Younger’s portrait of Henry VIII, c1537. Henry’s clash with the church was, says George Bernard, the most significant episode of the Tudor era and transformed England’s relationship with continental Europe. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The LibraryHenry VIII and the scourge of papal power

A crowned Tudor rose. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Stringer via Getty Images)

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A statue of Æthelflæd which stands in the grounds of Tamworth Castle in Staffordshire. (Photo by Chris Gibson/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Æthelflæd: iron lady of Mercia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shakespeare’s greatest actor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The secret intimacies of Edward IV: multiple marriages and a same-sex affair?

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The real history behind ‘The Crown’ with Robert Lacey. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Designer duo, husband and wife Robin and Lucienne Day, 1955. The pair “were perhaps the greatest British man and wife design team there has ever been”, says Wayne Hemingway. (Photo by Trinity Mirror/Mirrorpix/Alamy Stock Photo)

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My history hero: Robin Day (1915–2010) and Lucienne Day (1917–2010). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ‘Princes in the Tower’

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The 5 greatest mysteries behind the Wars of the Roses. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shakespeare’s best (or worst) villains. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Creating the SAS. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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8 of Britain’s best battlefields. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of today. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A compilation of compass drawn circles, and variants found in many of the churches

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The postwar world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edwin the Scribe. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Unusual things found in medieval manuscripts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charlie Chaplin, in a still from his 1936 film 'Modern Times’. (Photo by American Stock/Getty Images)

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Shackles that were used to tether slaves, on display at the International Slavery Museum. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

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Henry VIII “regarded his wars as the worthy successors of the great martial victories of England’s past”, says Steven Gunn. (Photo by PHAS/UIG via Getty Images)

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A portrait of Catherine of Siena, who in the 1360s experienced a vision from God during which – according to her biographer, Raymond of Capua – she drank the water from the wound in Christ’s side. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Isambard Kingdom Brunel. “For the century following his death, the British public was less inclined to revere Brunel than we are today”, says Crosbie Smith.(Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

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The Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, Turkey, which is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. (Photo by DOZIER Marc via Getty Images)

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Benjamin Tillett, organiser of the Docker's Union and leader of the London Transport Worker's strike in 1911, addressing a rally of the strikers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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An engraving from Ulrich Molitor’s ‘On witches and female soothsayers’, depicting witches bringing down the rain. Germany, 15th century. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Winston Churchill, 1941. (Photo by War Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Wendy Webster. (Photo by Claire Wood/BBC)

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Operators dealing with emergency calls at New Scotland Yard, London, c1956. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

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The execution of Charles I. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Murder, conspiracy and execution: six centuries of scandalous royal deaths

Prince Ernest Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland and fifth son of King George III

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