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The Vicar of Bray

Scenes of frivolity in the 16th century. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Bad sports? Puritan attempts to ban games in 17th-century England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Plate of Brass

Woodcutting depicting the beheading of Charles I. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Britain’s civil wars: the 15 key moments. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The vulgar tower

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Was a nine-year-old boy imprisoned for making a joke about Louis XIV’s bald head?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Guinness o'clock

An illustration depicting medieval pilgrims. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The LibraryMedieval tourism: pilgrimages and tourist destinations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Industrial might: Blenheim bombers in production in England, late 1939. The Allies’ combined industrial strength proved too much for the Axis. (Getty Images) 

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The LibraryThe world in flames

The Fire of Rome, by Hubert Robert (1733-1808). "It was the worst possible place for a fire to break out, and fear turned into outright panic," says Dominic Sandbrook.  Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The LibraryA big day in history: the Great Fire of Rome

A 19th-century woodblock print of Edo, now known as Tokyo. (GraphixaArtis/Getty Images)

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Ye Olde Travel Guide: Edo 1850. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard Buckminster standing next to his draft of a house of the 21st century. (Ullstein picture via Getty Images)

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My History Hero: Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne and British prime minister from 1782–83, was instrumental in the Genevan exiles’ move to southern Ireland. (Getty Images) 

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The watchmakers of Waterford. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The replica of 'The Matthew' arriving at Douarnenez, France in 1998. It was on the original 15th-century vessel that John Cabot travelled to North America. (Getty Images)

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

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America’s ‘birth certificate’ map found in Germany

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Trabi jokes

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The BBC Story

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Digital roundup

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Woman and cow found in Anglo-Saxon grave

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Buy yourself a drink

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Abraham Lincoln: 5 facts

Procession portrait of Queen Elizabeth I. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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How Elizabeth I used parties as a weapon against the Catholic threat to her throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A Rough Justice

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Q&A: How did the Romans write fractions?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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It’s time we ditched the myth of German small-arms supremacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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'Vampire' skeletons found in Bulgaria

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Rabbit holiday

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