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How could the son of Henry VIII become Edward VI?

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History quiz – Vikings, mobile phones and the Varangian Guard . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Roman amphitheatre in Caerleon, Wales. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

History Explorer: The Roman army in Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Martin Luther King (centre) rides the Montgomery bus with Rev Glenn Smiley of Texas. (Getty Images)

The Library What was history’s most dramatic year?

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-metre run at the 1968 Olympic Games, engage in a victory stand protest against unfair treatment of blacks in the United States. They refuse to recognise the American flag and national anthem. (Getty Images)

The fight for Black America

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My history hero: Woody Guthrie . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: Bethlehem, West Bank

Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum Tristram Hunt. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

History-loving politicians

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Persuading the people: British propaganda in the Second World War

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Historians in parliament . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The USS Arizona burning in Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack. To the left of her are USS Tennessee and the sunken USS West Virginia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

How did the rest of the world react to the attack on Pearl Harbor? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What religion was practised by the people of Lithuania before their conversion to Christianity in the 14th century?

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The attack on Pearl Harbor and physics through the ages . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Canterbury pilgrims from John of Lydgate’s ‘Story of Thebes’ written c1420. (Photo by Photo 12/UIG via Getty Images)

The Library A city break in medieval Europe

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Statue of Toussaint Louverture, Palais National, Haiti. (Photo by Getty Images)

My history hero: Toussaint Louverture (1743–1803) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.