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England

Royal rivals? Medieval England and France’s tempestuous relationship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Maria Spilsbury painting of a group sat at a drawing room table

Regency romance and a real-life Anne Elliot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

On the streets of 19th-century London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man walking past a pile of uncollected rubbish during the Winter of Discontent, 22 September 1978

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An overturned vehicle on tramlines as a blockage to traffic during the General Strike of 1926

A brief history of strike action. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tudors play real tennis, a precursor to the modern game of tennis

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An angry crowd of around 400 miners blockade National Coal Board boss Ian McGregor inside a colliery office at Ellinton Colliery, 22 February 1984

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Closeup of Henry VIII's face

The slow death of Henry VIII

Princess Elizabeth and Thomas Seymour (Photos by Getty and Alamy)

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Elizabeth Gaskell: a voice of the Victorians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1842 self-portrait of Sarah Biffin

The armless artist who wowed Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II, in March 2022 - the year of her platinum jubilee (Photo by Getty Images)

QuizQueen Elizabeth II and her reign

Marriage à-la-mode: 2. The Tête à Tête.

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The effigy of King John on his tomb in Worcester Cathedral

Your guide to King John, the monarch who issued Magna Carta

A lodger disputes his bill with his landlady in this 1812 print by Thomas Rowlandson

What was it like being a renter in Georgian London?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Great Seal of the Commonwealth of England

The Interregnum: Britain's republican decade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of Colonel Blood

What happened to Colonel Thomas Blood?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra's Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman

HistoryExtra Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy BormanVictorians to Windsors (1837–2022). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HistoryExtra Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy BormanHastings to Magna Carta (1066–1215). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Floralia, an ancient Roman celebration of fertility and nature that took place around early May

What is the history behind May Day and why do we celebrate it?

The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?

Photo of Holy Trinity Church

Q&AWhere is William Shakespeare buried – and is there a curse on his grave?

Ramblers pictured on Kinder Scout in 1932

Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: how the Peak District became Britain's first national park. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St George’s Day: 11 facts about England's patron saint

From running marathons to working the nightshift: 8 surprising things women were banned from doing through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A still from James Cameron's 'Titanic'. (Image by Alamy)

How accurate are the most famous films about Titanic?

Did Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville marry for love?

Oxford: from wild student parties to the shadow of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Digging up Roman London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Oxford boat on the Thames during first ever Boat Race between between the Oxford and Cambridge university boat clubs, 1829.

Oxford v Cambridge: A history of the boat race