England

The Battle Of Towton, fought on 29 March 1461, was brutal clash in the driving snow fought during the Wars of the Roses

The battle of Towton: did the biggest, bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil take place during the Wars of the Roses?

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Unravelling the Bayeux Tapestry HistoryExtra podcast series title card

Unravelling the Bayeux Tapestry Episode 1: When, Where & Why . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dean Irwin explains the story of the 1190 anti-Semitic massacre at Clifford’s Tower in York, and how it fits into the wider story of England’s medieval Jewish population. (Image by Getty Images)

The Clifford’s Tower massacre & medieval anti-Semitism . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edgar the Aetheling is notably missing from the Bayeux Tapestry

The lost figure of the Bayeux Tapestry: where is Edgar Ætheling?

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Professor Stephen Hawking in his office at the University of Cambridge, 2003

History hero Bobby Seagull chooses Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Public unrest and riots broke out with the introduction of the Corn Laws. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

The 1815–46 Corn Laws: your guide to the crisis and why they were repealed

Nell Gwyn was a mistress of King Charles II

Nell Gywn The orange girl who became a king's mistress in Restoration England

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Dr Amanda McVitty explains what treason meant in the medieval era, and why its consequences were particularly brutal. (Image by Getty Images)

Why treason was so unforgivable in the Middle Ages . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Josephine Baker with her adopted children. She called them the ‘Rainbow Tribe’. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Memorable mothers: history’s most remarkable mums

Mary Anning was an extremely prolific fossil hunter

Mary Anning: the woman who hunted dinosaurs

Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon

Prince Arthur, Catherine of Aragon, and Henry VIII: a story of early Tudor triumph and tragedy

Charles Dickens used his novels as a platform from which to attack the injustices that he believed blighted 19th-century Britain. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

6 articles about… the Victorian era

A painting of Henry IV, housed in the National Portrait Gallery, London. English earls, Scottish kings, French dukes and a Welsh prince all tried to unseat Henry, yet this most resilient of medieval monarchs prevailed over them all. (Photo by Getty Images)

Henry IV: the usurper king

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Mary I: 8 facts about her life, death and legacy

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Fiona Sampson speaks about the extraordinary life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. (Image by Getty Images)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning: poet, activist, trailblazer, runaway . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.