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An allegorical depiction of the plague in ancient Rome, an angel batters down a door while people lie sick on the ground

The reign of Roman disease: why did disease hit a flourishing empire?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Plagues of our past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of John Dee

John Dee: Elizabethan 007, scientist, magician and spy

German doctor Otto Warburg at work in his laboratory

Otto Warburg: the Jewish doctor and the Nazi war on cancer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of a man without a head, but with his face on his chest. This is one of many creatures Sir John Mandeville claimed to have met on his travels

A knight's (tall) tale: why medieval traveller Sir John Mandeville was more popular than Marco Polo. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ronald HuttonOliver Cromwell: Saint or Serpent?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Bal des Ardents (the 'Ball of the Burning Men'), from 'The Chronicler of European Chivalry' by GG Coulton (London, 1930). The 1393 tragedy claimed the lives of four people. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Q&AWhat was the ‘Ball of the Burning Men’?

A mosaic that shows two Roman women exercising, one holds a flower and another holds a leaf

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Roman women

Courage under fire: the story of a WW2 tank regiment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tony Robinson as Private Baldrick and Rowan Atkinson as Captain Blackadder

Q&AWas there a real Blackadder?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women carrying flags and scythes or beating drums - one has a child on her shoulders - march on the Palace of Versailles to protest to the king

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Women in the French Revolution: fighting for equality

How Hindustan became India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jodie Comer plays Marguerite de Carrouges in the upcoming film 'The Last Duel',

The medieval women who spoke out against sexual violence

Women protest in London following the death of Sarah Everard, 2021

Walking a dangerous road: women's safety on the streets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The turbulent Stuart century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of the Morant Bay Rebellion of 1865

Jamaica's Morant Bay Rebellion: brutality and outrage in the British empire

Illustration of the man in the iron mask standing by the window of his cell and guarded by two musketeers

Unmasking the 'man in the iron mask': do we know the identity of the famous prisoner?

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

My father the Nazi. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Adventures of a Victorian actor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York

Like father, like son: Richard Plantagenet and Richard III

Mário Soares of the Socialist Party basks in public adulation after becoming prime minister in the election of 1976. (Photo by Getty Images)

Your guide to the Carnation Revolution

Greek soldier Pheidippides arrives in Athens with news of the Greek victory over the Persians at Marathon, only to die on the spot

Pheidippides: is the ancient Greek marathon runner remembered for the wrong run?

A statue of Oliver Cromwell stares downwards, against a red background

The dark truth about Oliver Cromwell

Dev Patel stars as Sir Gawain in The Green Knight an adaptation of the Arthurian romance Sir Gawain and The Green Knight

“An intoxicating triumph true to the grandeur of the poem”: a historian’s review of The Green Knight

John of Gaunt: prince without a throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The burgundy cover of a British passport

Q&AWhen were passports as we know them today first introduced?

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.

Illustration of the French colonial army departing to fight under Colonel Marchand

What if...Britain and France went to war during the 1898 Fashoda Incident?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 quotations that defined the 20th century