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The Spanish Armada: Tudor spin portrayed the events of August 1588 as a glorious English victory but, argues Robert Hutchinson, bad weather and bad tactics had more to do with the Spanish fleet's failure than Elizabethan derring-do. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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British soldiers in Normandy. Though Goodwood cost the British some 200 tanks, infantry losses were relatively light, says Mark Urban. (Capt. E G Malindine/IWM via Getty Images)

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'4,000-year-old skeleton' uncovered near Windsor

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18th-century slave uprising

General prehistory

Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire

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Dwarves in the Holocaust and the Vikings' cultural legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pompeii comes to London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages

A Pompeian fresco from the first century showing a woman tuning a musical instrument. Excavations at the partially buried Roman city reveal that women played a prominent role in the home, and that they took personal grooming very seriously indeed. (Photo by: Werner Forman/UIG via Getty Images)

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Medieval

Tragedy of the Templars: The Rise and Fall of the Crusader States

Medieval

Visit historic Warwick

BBC History Magazine

Time's Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination

Victorian

The story behind Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

Roman

Grosvenor Museum, Chester

Early medieval

Q&A: Did King John ever display goodness?

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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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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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Georgian

Polperro Museum, Cornwall

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Songs of Innocence: The Story of British Childhood

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Georgian

History explorer: the historic Culloden battlefield

Medieval

Where now for Richard III?

Stuart

Bridgnorth Castle, Shropshire

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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.

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