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Salem witch trialsEpisode 3: A ‘new Jerusalem’ on the edge of a wilderness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Salem witch trialsEpisode 2: How events spiralled out of control. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Salem witch trialsEpisode 1: introduction. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical recipeFour Thieves Vinegar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Difficulty 1/10

Beans, ale & 'windy meats': surprising 17th-century aphrodisiacs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dick Whittington, the Loch Ness Monster and a talking mongoose: 8 mythical figures of British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWho was the original king of the castle and who was the dirty rascal?

Your guide to King Charles II, the ‘merry monarch’

Ronald HuttonOliver Cromwell: Saint or Serpent?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The turbulent Stuart century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The dark truth about Oliver Cromwell

Phantasmagoria: creating the ‘ghosts’ of the Enlightenment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henrietta Maria: Charles I’s warrior queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Your guide to King Charles I, the deposed monarch who lost his head

Anne of Denmark: a killer queen?

Oliver Cromwell’s remarkable rise to power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Antwerp: city of innovation & intrigue. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King of the world: how Louis XIV turned France into a global power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Was James VI and I murdered?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hogarth: the chronicler of the 18th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Marston Moor: what happened?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Enlightenment: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How glorious was the Glorious Revolution?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The golden age of piracy: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Madness, property and power: the strange case of Mary Davies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizWould you have been accused of witchcraft?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of changing hairstyles. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Great Fire of London: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How 17th-century London reacted to the Great Plague. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhen was the Union Jack or Union flag created?

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