Illustrated Medieval scene from the Romance of Lancelot

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A portrait of Elizabeth Woodville, queen of Edward IV. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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A painting depicts a 14th-century sea battle

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Panorama of Machu Picchu

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Lucrezia Borgia with her father Pope Alexander VI

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The first state visit by American President George W Bush in 2003 was highly controversial, attracting protesters opposed to the involvement of the United States and Britain in the Iraq War. Here the president is pictured with the Queen in 2008. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

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A 19th-century painted glass rolling pin and wooden pastry jigger. (Photo ©Emma Kay)

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Men enjoying a drink and a chat in a coffee house, 1674. Coffee houses became known as ‘schools of the wise’, where people would gossip, argue and discuss the breaking news of the day. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Peasants in the Middle Ages at a cattle market. Cows appear to have been difficult to manage in the medieval period, and caused several deaths. (Photo by INTERFOTO /Alamy)

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A Spanish publisher works on cloning the illustrated codex hand-written manuscript Voynich. (Photo by CESAR MANSO/AFP/Getty Images)

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Marc Morris at BBC History Magazine's 2017 History Weekend (Photo by Steve Sayers)

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King Edward IV, who used the surname Plantagenet. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The Norman invasion of Ireland took place during the second half of the 12th century. This military intervention had the backing of King Henry II of England and was authorised by Pope Adrian IV. Here you can see Henry II landing at Waterford in 1171. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Portrait of theologian and Bible translator John Wycliffe (c1330–84). (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Edward the Confessor depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry.

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Notre Dame of Paris at first light (Photo by Captblack76-Dreamstime.com)

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Melvyn Bragg speaks to the History Extra podcast about the 12th-century love story of Heloise and Abelard. (Photo by Awakening/Getty Images)

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On the latest History Extra podcast, Christopher Somerville discusses his experiences of visiting some of Britain’s historic cathedrals, including Wells Cathedral, pictured. (Photo by Roger Utting | Dreamstime.com)

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Portrait of Edward IV, the first Yorkist King of England.

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Professor Nicholas Vincent discusses the life and reign of King John. (Photograph by Mr Christopher Guy, Worcester Cathedral Archaeologist, reproduced by permission of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral)

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In only two years, Hernán Cortés brought about the downfall of an efficient military civilisation through a combination of diplomacy, warfare, tactics, luck and sheer force of personality, writes Caroline Dodds. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Chris Pine as Robert the Bruce in 'Outlaw King'. (Photo by Netfix / David Eustace)

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"It was in Ireland that King John revealed himself as a monster," writes Nicholas Vincent. (Image by Alamy)

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A rocky relationship: Eleanor of Woodstock with her husband, Reginald II of Guelders. (Photo by Alamy)

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Clifford's Tower stands on the site where around 150 Jews took their own lives rather than renounce their faith, in 1190. (Photo by Dreamstime)

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Portrait of King Henry VI, the subject of this episode of the History Extra podcast. (Photo by Bridgeman)

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