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

Water colour image of Madrid, showing a building behind a water fountain

General History

The history of Madrid: from the Moors to modernity

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Christopher Clark at St Catharine's College, Cambridge (Photo by Damien McFadden)

Christopher Clark “The 1848 revolutions were a dissonant orchestra of ambitions and intentions” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Charles V of Spain depicted on a 16th-century gold coin

Kwasi Kwarteng "Wars are bloody expensive – so the only way nations can buy what they need is by printing their own money" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Spain’s tumultuous story . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Spanish town of Guernica after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft, 1937. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Second World War

The bombing of Guernica: who was responsible?

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John of Gaunt shown in a c16th-century portrait

John of Gaunt: The man who would be king . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Historian Bettany Hughes in front of the Rock of Gibraltar

Bettany Hughes “We were trying to find stories that tell us about resilience – history as a kind of therapy” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Meeting in Tenochtitlan between Hernan Cortes

Two worlds collide: Spanish conquistadors and Aztecs

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Rebecca Simon responds to your questions on the ‘golden age’ of piracy, when bands of buccaneers menaced the high seas, preying on merchant vessels.

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

Mutiny at sea: the forgotten story of murder and brutality aboard HMS Wager

Portrait of John of Gaunt

John of Gaunt: father of England’s medieval monarchy and self-styled Spanish king

Nelson's passion for Emma – with whom he had a six-year affair – is writ large in his letters

Nelson in his own words

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Giles Tremlett discusses how more than 35,000 volunteers from across the globe fought against fascism in the Spanish Civil War. (Image by Getty Images)

The International Brigades: fighting fascism in Spain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Podcast Helen Berry WL

The orphan hero who fought at Trafalgar . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.