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c1754: Siege of a town led by Godefroy de Bouillon (c1060-1100) 1st Crusade (1095-1099), showing Saracens firing arrows at Crusaders as they attempt to scale the walls. From manuscript of Roman de Godefroy de Bouillon. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)
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5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Crusades

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Kidding/not kidding: a medieval sense of humour

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The Franciscans treating victims of the plague, miniature from La Franceschina, c1474, codex by Jacopo Oddi. Perugia, Biblioteca Capitolare (Library). (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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The hospital experience in medieval England

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7 of England’s best medieval buildings

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Joan of Kent: a perfect princess?

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Q&A When was the first strike?

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Bhimrao Ambedkar, May 1946. (Photo by Margaret Bourke-White/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
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My history hero: Bhimrao Ambedkar (1891–1956) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty which ruled over much of India from 1526 to 1858. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)
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The Tudor sex guide

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The Tudors’ unlikely allies

An illustration of Edmund Spenser’s poetic work ‘The Shepheardes Calender’. (Photo by Culture Club/Contributor/Getty Images)
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The dark side of Elizabethan England

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Heyday: the 1850s and the dawn of the global age . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.