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First World War

Your 60-second guide to Ypres

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Music used 'to torment victims of torture in Pinochet’s Chile'

First World War

Telling jokes in the trenches: First World War newspaper The Wipers Times celebrated in new BBC drama

BBC History Magazine

History writers dominate Samuel Johnson Prize longlist

BBC History Magazine

Take a closer look at the battle of Flodden with our free interactive iPad app

"The important thing about the battle of Crécy is that Edward was clearly, in my view, using tactics and weapons that had never been seen on a battlefield before," says Richard Barber. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Books interview: Edward III and the triumph of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Merchants and lower-ranking gentlemen often put pen to paper themselves, but wealthy men and gentlewomen were more likely to employ a scribe. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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How to send a letter in medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Modernity Britain: Opening the Box, 1957–59

Medieval

Richard III 'had roundworm infection'

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Your country needs you! Volunteers called upon to transcribe historic archives

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Debate continues over truth behind 'oldest' Australia map

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Flodden 1513: the biggest ever Anglo-Scottish battle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, displayed remarkable leadership of the British army at the battle of Waterloo. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Waterloo: the historians' verdict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An engraved depiction of John Lilburne, who "stands as a towering icon of the liberal tradition". (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Stuart

My history hero: John Lilburne (c1615-57)

Medieval

Ye olde travel guide: Thessalonica 1423

Marston Moor, near York, was the site of the greatest battles of the Civil War – the battle of Marston. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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History explorer: the Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Excavation search for soldiers killed on Flodden battlefield

A poster from the First World War.

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The Devonshires: The Story of a Family and a Nation

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Books interview: the life and career of Benjamin Disraeli. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pilot recreates 1913 Circuit of Britain flight

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Churchill’s wartime speeches are overrated, claims academic

Elizabethan

‘Earliest portrait of guinea pig’ revealed in unseen painting

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A fresh look at Edward III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryThe downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots and a British civil rights struggle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Norman

Battle of Hastings location dispute 'a conspiracy theory'

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Margam Park, Port Talbot

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Museum bid to acquire ‘new world’ George Stubbs paintings

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Christians 'airbrushed women out of history'

General Modern

Great Train Robbery gang: first-class thieves or criminals who got lucky?

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