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A c1850 satirical illustration of King John signing Magna Charta. (Photo by the Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Actor Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in the film 'The Adventures of Robin Hood', 1938. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

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A scene from Perceval, one of the Arthurian romances attributed to Chretien De Troyes

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William Blake: “artist or genius, or mystic, or madman”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

c900 AD, Viking ships invading England. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Alan Turing

Second World War

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Henry I proclaims Matilda as his heir

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Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had "much joy and pleasure in death". (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Entrance to Lincoln Castle. (Dreamstime)

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Portrait of Carlo Broschi (stage name Farinelli), the most famous opera singer of the 18th century. (Photo By DEA/A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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