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A brief guide to the transatlantic slave trade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oliver Cromwell and King Charles I.

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

Charles II and his parties

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Was Charles II too randy to rule?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 1618 Defenestration of Prague

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The 1618 Defenestration of Prague explained

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What was a drunkard's cloak used for? This illustration shows a man wearing the archaic punishment tool designed to punish habitual drinkers. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Q&AWhat was a drunkard’s cloak used for?

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Linda Porter“You’ve got to be impressed by how these women played the system”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Great Fire of London quiz – how much do you know?

The entry of Prince Charles Edward, 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', into Edinburgh in Scotland in 1745. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The mistresses of Charles II. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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c1656: A plague doctor in protective clothing. The beak mask held spices thought to purify air, while the wand was used to avoid touching patients. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Q&AWhy did 17th-century plague doctors wear peculiar beaked masks?

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The palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV's ultimate power play

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Elizabeth II and Prince Philip with their third son, Prince Edward, on the balcony at Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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William of Orange landing at Torbay, 1688

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Your guide to...the Glorious Revolution

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Queen Victoria with Prince Albert and their children in 1846. After a painting by F Winterhalter. Victoria’s husband, Albert, “carved out for the crown a moral kind of authority as the nation’s first and model family,” says Sarah Gristwood. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Retaining the royals: why has the British monarchy survived – and thrived?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The amazing life of Jeffrey Hudson, the queen's dwarf

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12 facts about the Stuarts

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From musketeers to Macron: 10 remarkable facts about the Sun King, Louis XIV

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Charles I's great weakness was that he made a strict distinction between his role as king, in which he could not compromise, and his personal role, which was entirely pleasant and courteous, says Sean Lang. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

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8 of the nicest kings in history

Actress Sarah Bernhardt, who was personally invited by Oscar Wilde to play the title role in the upcoming London premiere of his play, 'Salomé'.

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