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King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and their daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret of United Kingdom. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The Windsors at war: what did the royal family do during WW2?

A portrait of Queen Victoria and her family

Q&A Who were Prince Albert’s family, the Saxe-Coburg-Gothas?

Archduchess Ileana’s great grandmother, Queen Victoria, whose birth certificate Ileana desperately needed to get hold of (Getty)

Queen Victoria and the Nazis: the strange tale of the search for the royal family’s Aryan origins

Jan Žižka, the general whose peasant army defied the Holy Roman Empire in the 1420s.

Christ’s communists: the radical religious sect that challenged the Holy Roman Empire

The battle of Agincourt, 1415

True-to-scale battle numbers and 15th-century life: look inside the revamped Agincourt museum

The portrait of Queen Elizabeth I known as the Ditchley portrait

What did Queen Elizabeth I really look like at 60?

Chancellor Adolf Hitler with President Paul von Hindenburg, Berlin, 1 May 1933

Second World War

Hitler’s millionaire backers: how Germany’s elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis

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Sir Max Hastings. (Image by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

Sir Max Hastings: “While the Dambuster raid’s strategic impact was almost nil, its propaganda value was immense” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I shown in the Darnley portrait of c1575 and (right) the French king Henri III. (Images by Alamy/Getty Images)

Henri III: Elizabeth I’s unlikely ally

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Dan Jones by Steve Sayers and Helen Castor

The Crusades, with Dan Jones . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Crusaders defeat the Turks at Dorylaeum in 1097, as shown in a 14th-century illumination

Crusaders: did they fight for God or gold?

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St Mary's Church is revered as one of England's greatest architectural achievements. (Image by Alamy)

Explore A masterpiece of Gothic grandeur: the Church of St Mary, Warwick . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Akershus Festning in Oslo, Norway

Travel Explore Oslo, Norway: Myths, Munch and fjord-side strolls . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Amelia Earhart, who became the first woman to fly non-stop across the Atlantic in 1932. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

History hero Julia Bradbury chooses Amelia Earhart (1897–1937) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A young girl in an ancient Roman fresco

Q&A Were girls educated in ancient Rome?