England

A depiction of the battle of Naseby

Did Roundheads and Cavaliers really dress so differently?

Royal Collection Trust. (Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2013)

18th-century snapshots of Windsor Castle

Hamo Thornycroft's 1901 statue of King Alfred the Great in Winchester. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

Alfred the Great: do we overplay his ‘greatness’?

Paul Delaroche's 19th-century painting shows King Edward V and the Duke of York in the Tower of London. What happened next has puzzled historians for centuries. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The princes in the Tower: why was their fate never explained?

Merchants and lower-ranking gentlemen often put pen to paper themselves, but wealthy men and gentlewomen were more likely to employ a scribe. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

How to send a letter in medieval England

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Flodden 1513: the biggest ever Anglo-Scottish battle

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Jackfield Tile Museum, Telford

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The National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire

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Smithills Hall, Bolton

A Victorian front cover of Lindisfarne Gospels.

The Lindisfarne Gospels

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Erddig, Wrexham

Three coal miners. (Photo by W. Eugene Smith/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

History through the eyes of the working man

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Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex