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Portrait of Catherine Howard

11 facts about Catherine Howard

The battle of First Bar, 1841

Your guide to... the Opium Wars

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A stone believed to have magical properties, including the ability to summon rain, from Laraibina village in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. (Photo by Getty Images)

A history of magic . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aztec double headed serpent carved in wood and decorated in turquoise mosaic pieces (Universal History Archive / Getty Images)

The real Aztecs: brutal, bloodthirsty… and caring?

An illustration depicting King Arthur fighting the Saxons, from the Rochefoucauld Grail. The absence of a clear and present origin for King Arthur has created a ‘void’ which many are keen to fill, says Miles Russell. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The real King Arthur: why are we so obsessed with trying to solve the mystery?

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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain, 1469. (Photo by Getty Images)

Medieval queens: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Eleanor de Montfort, from a 13th-century manuscript. (Photo by Alamy)

At home with the medieval aristocracy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A royal banquet in the 13th century. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Left: Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their wedding day, 29 July 1981. Right: Prince William and Catherine Middleton on their wedding day, 29 April 2011. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

The 8 most famous royal weddings in British history

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Statue of Richard the Lionheart outside the Houses of Parliament at Westminster. (Photo by Dreamstime)

Lionheart of stone: the medieval statue debate . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The original ‘Big Three’ at Livadia Palace in Yalta: Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin. None of them came away from the summit with everything they had hoped for. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)

Second World War

Your guide to... The Yalta and Potsdam conferences, 1945

Statue of King Richard I outside the Palace of Westminster in London

Blog Medieval(ish) matters #13: Why aren’t monuments to medieval figures included in the statues debate, and was there racism in the Middle Ages?

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The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, formerly King Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, during their first visit to England after the Duke's abdication, September 1939. (Photo by Getty Images)

Edward VIII, Wallis Simpson and the Abdication crisis . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, 1806. (Photo by IanDagnall Computing/Alamy Stock Photo)

The dark side of Alexander Hamilton

The capture of Jerusalem in 1099

How the First Crusade captured Jerusalem in 1099