Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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Anne Neville was queen consort of Richard III, the last Yorkist king of England

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Eleanor of Aquitaine depicted in a 12th-century prayer book

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Pregnant woman before giving birth in the 13th century

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Richard I on a Chertsey tile

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A 20th-century fresco 'Plucking the Red and White Roses in the Old Temple Gardens' by Henry Payne. It depicts a scene by Shakespeare, showing Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset being challenged by Richard, 3rd Duke of York to choose between the white rose of York and the red rose of Lancaster. (Photo by Artefact / Alamy Stock Photo)

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Brothers in arms Louis IX on his way to the Seventh Crusade, 1248. The French king kept his three brothers onside – preventing any potential family infighting – by providing them with huge lordships. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Edward I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Coronation of King Edward III. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Margaret of Anjou married Henry VI of England in 1445

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Elizabeth Woodville with her husband, Edward IV. According to one medieval document, their marriage only came about “by Sorcerie and Wichecrafte, committed by the said Elizabeth, and her Moder Jaquett Duchess of Bedford”. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Boat diplomacy: Froissart's 'Chronicles' show Richard II acceding to many of the rebels' demands at Mile End, 14 June 1381. The speed with which the rebels flooded London wrong-footed the king's advisors. (Photo by Alamy)

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The battle of Stoke Field – German mercenary Martin Schwarz made a famous last stand in the thick of the fighting even as other elements of the rebel army turned and fled

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A c1850 satirical illustration of King John signing Magna Charta. (Photo by the Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Actor Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in the film 'The Adventures of Robin Hood', 1938. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

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A scene from Perceval, one of the Arthurian romances attributed to Chretien De Troyes

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Prisoners exercise and play sport in the courtyard of the Fleet Prison, circa 1872

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Illustration of Brunhilda of Austrasia

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A page of the Codex Borbonicus, an Aztec folding book painted around the time of the Spanish invasion

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Bodiam Castle. (Getty Images)

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Melisende of Jerusalem

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Henry I proclaims Matilda as his heir

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Entrance to Lincoln Castle. (Dreamstime)

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