Period

Circa 1840. Oil on canvas. Private collection. (Photo by VCG Wilson/Corbis via Getty Images)

General History

War and military history podcast episodes

French Rev topic

French Revolution podcast episodes

Dr Martin Luther King Jr speaking before crowd of 25,000 Selma To Montgomery, Alabama civil rights marchers, in front of Montgomery, Alabama state capital building.

General History

Black history podcast episodes

Viking ships sailing towards unknown land.

Vikings podcast episodes

The perimeter fence of the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.

Holocaust podcast episodes

2/1/1928-Astonishing revelations of the secrets of British and world politics were made by the publication of the latest volume of

Victorians podcast episodes

E07M37 Roman Art. Italy. Ara Pacis Augustae. Processional frieze. Detail. Relief. Original North side. Museum of the Ara Pacis. Rome.

Romans podcast episodes

Gold and lapis lazuli funerary mask of Tutankhamun, King of Egypt, c1323 BC. Tutankhamun came to the throne as a young boy in 1333 BC. Although he only ruled for 10 years Tutankhamun is one of the best known Ancient Egyptian pharaohs due to the fabulous treasures discovered when British archaeologist Howard Carter opened his tomb in 1922. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Ancient Egypt podcast episodes

APRIL 1942: B-17 bombers make their way to England to aid the British in World War II in April 1942. (Photo by Ivan Dmitri/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images )

Second World War

Second World War podcast episodes

Mary Queen of Scots, after Nicholas Hilliard, 16th century, National Portrait Gallery, London, England, UK, Europe,

General History

British kings and queens podcast episodes

Slavery topic

General History

Slavery podcast episodes

KRRWN3 Frescos by Memmo di Filippuccio in Camera del Podesta (Podesta apartments ) in Palazzo Comunale in Historic Centre of San Gimignano listed World Herit

Medieval podcast episodes

Tudor topic

Tudor podcast episodes

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Madonna of Humility, 1544. The nursing Virgin Mary is based on a Byzantine icon, but also on the direct observance of a mother with her baby. Everyday intimacy is coupled with Christian symbolism. (Image from TopFoto)

An act of love: breastfeeding in the medieval period . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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