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Eleanor de Montfort, from a 13th-century manuscript. (Photo by Alamy)

At home with the medieval aristocracy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Statue of Richard the Lionheart outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Lionheart of stone: the medieval statue debate . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, during their first visit to England after the Duke's abdication, September 1939. (Photo by Getty Images)

Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson and the Abdication crisis . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Portrait head of Roman Emperor Nero circa AD 59-64. (Photo by Alamy)

Nero: Rome’s Antichrist? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Stained glass window of King Alfred the Great

Exclusive podcast The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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'Tippoo's Tiger', made for Tipu Sultan. (Photo by Alamy)

Museums and colonialism . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Wolfson Prize winner 2020 David Abulafia. (Photo by Fran Monks)

Exclusive podcast David Abulafia on The Boundless Sea . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Huge sun setting over power lines and palm trees in California. (Photo by Getty Images)

California’s century of change . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Carved Pictish Stone in the Meigle Museum east of Blairgowrie, Scotland. (Photo by Alamy)

The Picts . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A 13th-century illumination showing the coronation of Foulques and Melisende. (Photo by Alamy)

Women and the crusades . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The sun rises over the Iwo Jima Memorial In Arlington, Virginia, November 1999 (Photo by Getty Images)

World War Two: the challenge of commemoration . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Japanese school girls wear protective masks to guard against the influenza outbreak, February 1920. (Photo by Getty Images)

A history of pandemics: from Spanish Flu to Covid-19 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Queen Emma and her sons

Exclusive podcast William and Cnut: a tale of two conquerors . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Amy Robsart and the Earl of Leicester

Amy Robsart: a Tudor tragedy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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US Soldiers march North Koreans along a dirt road during the Korean War, 1950–53 (Photo by Getty Images)

Britain and the Korean War . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.