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Members of 617 squadron, known as the Dambusters

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The Great Plague, from a pictorial broadsheet of 1665-1666 (Photo by Getty Images)

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A couple get amorous in this 14th-century illustration

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Painting of an auto-da-fé

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Doctor treating a patient, from a 14th-century manuscript. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Henry III during the Second Barons' War

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A Pictish stone carving featuring a salmon

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A French 15th-century covered market

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Dissection of human cadaver by physicians

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Portrait of Isabella d'Este in Red by Pieter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). (Photo by Getty Images)

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Medieval banquet

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Picture of the Battle of Beziers

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A monk and his mistress

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An illumination depicts medieval women embroidering

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