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Paul Morland (Photo by Fran Monks)

How population has shaped world history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ivinghoe Brecon. (Image by Alamy)

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

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Amritsar massacre. (Photo by Alamy)

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

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David Reynolds talks to the History Extra podcast. (Illustration by Hugh Cowling)

Letters from World War Two leaders . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Notre Dame of Paris at first light (Photo by Captblack76-Dreamstime.com)

Notre-Dame . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Melvyn Bragg speaks to the History Extra podcast about the 12th-century love story of Heloise and Abelard. (Photo by Awakening/Getty Images)

Melvyn Bragg on Heloise and Abelard . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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On the latest History Extra podcast, Christopher Somerville discusses his experiences of visiting some of Britain’s historic cathedrals, including Wells Cathedral, pictured. (Photo by Roger Utting | Dreamstime.com)

Exploring Britain’s cathedrals . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Old Crofters Cottage, near Broadford, looking North, Isle of Skye, Scotland. (Photo by Getty Images)

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

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Professor Nicholas Vincent discusses the life and reign of King John. (Photograph by Mr Christopher Guy, Worcester Cathedral Archaeologist, reproduced by permission of the Chapter of Worcester Cathedral)

King John: medieval monster . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British Indian soldiers stand at attention prior to inspection at Singapore, December 1941. (Photo by Alamy)

World War Two’s ‘ordinary’ soldiers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Third Crusade: The city of Ptolemais (Acre) given to Philip Augustus and Richard the Lionheart. Painting by Merry Joseph Blondel, 1840. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

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

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Hallie Rubenhold. (Photo by Fran Monks)

The women killed by Jack the Ripper . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Viking ships sailing towards unknown land. (Photo by Getty Images)

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

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Portrait of King Henry VI, the subject of this episode of the History Extra podcast. (Photo by Bridgeman)

Henry VI: terrible king . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Winston Churchill as First Lord of the Admiralty in WWI. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Churchill’s navy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.