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Early medieval

Q&A: Did King John ever display goodness?

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How the Tudors invented breakfast. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How many years of its existence has Britain been at war?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When completed in the early 12th century, Durham Cathedral was "absolutely up-to-the-minute in its design and near-perfect in its execution," says Marc Morris. (Jim Gibson via Getty Images)

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Where history happened: Norman churches. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History on trial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Battle on the Ice, fought between the men of Novgorod and the Teutonic Knights, was a landmark in European history, says Dominic Sandbrook. (Alamy)

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A big day in history: Nevsky's Russians crush the Teutonic Knights. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ye olde travel guide: Rio de Janeiro 1820. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A: Were the martial songs in Nazi newsreels typical of the period?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood

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Thomas Cromwell: a thug in a doublet?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

Where now for Richard III?

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Richard I 'not killed by poisoned arrow'

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A noisy history of the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

One of the two 19th-century bronze sphinxes sited next to Cleopatra's Needle, London's oldest monument. (Peter Dazeley/Getty Images)

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Where history happened: Egypt in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Holding the line: France in the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An oil painting depicting the battle of Camperdown, a "crushing British victory" over the Batavian (Dutch) Republic in the North Sea. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Tales from Nelson's navy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ye olde travel guide: Florence 1380. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Abraham Lincoln in 1863. The 16th president of the United States "understood the value of hard work, had deep beliefs and pursued them," says Alastair Campbell. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)  

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My history hero: Abraham Lincoln (1809–65). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Live genealogy show returns to London Olympia

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Macaulay and Son: Architects of Imperial Britain

"I read and studied much": Adolf Hitler at his Berghof mountain retreat in c1936.  (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

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Hitler's philosophers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The call for the First Crusade was initially made by Pope Urban (pictured) in 1095. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

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Britain and Islam: a matter of faith. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Leicester 'not trusted' with Richard III remains

General History

Q&AQ&A: Have twins ever been in line for the throne?

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Ye olde travel guide: Calcutta 1905. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: Clara Schumann (1819-96). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

General Modern

20 important battles that shaped Britain

"Although the circus as we know it has its roots in the 18th century, the history of its three basic forms (clowning, equestrianism and animals) goes back much further," says Vanessa Toulmin. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Where history happened: the circus in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

LA Times photo from newspaper report 1942

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A big day in history: Japanese planes attack Los Angeles. Or do they?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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