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Historians identify ‘spot where Richard III was killed in battle’

The princes in the Tower

Did Richard III murder the princes in the Tower? You debate

Photo of cat in cat flap

Q&A How old is the cat flap?

Portrait of King Henry VI by an unknown artist. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The miracle of Henry VI: how the weak medieval king became a ‘saint’

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Richard III’s hair and eye colour ‘to be revealed’

Photo of Mount Grace Priory

Q&A https://www.historyextra.com/period/what-was-a-charterhouse/

Watercolour painting of the Battle of Agincourt

Q&A Who paid for the arrows in the Battle of Agincourt?

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Louis VIII

Q&A Are there any rulers of England that don’t appear on the usual lists? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of Lincoln Cathedral

Q&A What overtook the Great Pyramid of Giza as the tallest manmade structure?

1,138: The number of London children recorded as dying of “teeth” in 1685. (Illustration: James Albon for BBC History Magazine)

History’s most surprising statistics

A depiction of a public hanging of a bandit. (Photo by: Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

Sin City: thievery, prostitution and murder in medieval London

Photo of a bomb

Q&A What was the Battle of the Herrings?

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A stained glass depiction of Yolande of Aragon. (Creative Commons)

My history hero: Yolanda of Aragon (d1442) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pillage of Jerusalem

Crusading for God and gold

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The Black Death and Tudor adventurers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.