France

France. Massacre of Vassy. Murder of Huguenot worshipers and citizens in an armed action by troops of Francis, Duke of Guise, in Wassy, France on 1 March 1562. Starting of French Wars of Religion. Engraving. (Photo by: PHAS/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

The Huguenots vs France: who were the Huguenots and what did they believe?

US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British prime minister Sir Winston Churchill, meeting during the Casablanca conference in 1943. (Photo by AFP/Getty Images)

Second World War

Churchill and D-Day: did the prime minister oppose the Normandy landings?

Painting of the Field of Cloth of Gold (artist unknown) from around 1545

Your guide to... the Field of the Cloth of Gold

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In pictures: 150 years of the British Red Cross

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1754: Bayeux Tapestry 1667: William the Conqueror's Norman cavalry setting out to meet Harold II's English forces, Battle of Hastings, 14 October 1066. Textile Linen (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

From the British Isles to Italy and Spain: how the Normans reshaped Europe

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Chemist Marie Curie (1867–1934) in her laboratory. She shared a Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 with her husband Pierre for their work in radioactivity. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Marie Curie: the woman who stirred up science . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lucy Worsley in Regency period costume

Lucy Worsley on royal history’s biggest fibs

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The White Ship disaster

The White Ship disaster "The most disastrous moment in British maritime history" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Charles Spencer talks about the White Ship disaster on the HistoryExtra podcast. (Image by Getty Images)

The White Ship: a medieval royal tragedy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Anne Boleyn. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Anne Boleyn: a 16th-century feminist?

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Passengers on the Transatlantic liner Victoria, 1930s. (Photo by Getty Images)

Adventure and opportunity: female transatlantic travellers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Knights of the Round Table are that the heart of many Arthurian legends

Who were the Knights of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, and where does the Holy Grail fit in?

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Marisa Linton on the French Revolution.

The French Revolution: Everything you need to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward the Confessor seated at a banquet

Edward the Confessor: England’s holy hardman

The real Mary Boleyn remains an elusive Tudor personality, flitting in and out of the sources, says historian Lauren Mackay. (Image by Alamy)

Your guide to Mary Boleyn, sister of Anne Boleyn