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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

Mary I. (Getty Images)

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.

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Lucy Worsley, Joshua Levine and Yasmine Permaul discuss how Londoners really reacted to the devastating bombing raids. (Image by Getty Images)

Is “Blitz Spirit” a myth? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dr Hugh Willmott responds to listener questions on Henry VIII’s suppression of the monasteries in the 16th century. (Image by Getty Images)

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

Paul Delaroche's impression of Lady Jane Grey's execution

Who was Lady Jane Grey? The tragic story of the ‘Nine Days Queen’

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In the 19th century, devoted pet-owners established Britain’s first pet cemeteries. Dr Eric Tourigny explains what they tell us about Victorian attitudes to animals. (Image by Getty Images)

Victorian pet cemeteries: animals in the afterlife . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1520–40 portrait of Henry VI

The miraculous afterlife of Henry VI

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A c1638 oil painting of Katherine Howard, Lady Aubigny

History hero Julia Donaldson chooses Katherine Howard, Lady Aubigny (d1650) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.