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An engraving of John Milton in 1670. By that time he’d been blind for nearly two decades – but continued to express strong views on religion and the monarchy in his writing (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Long road to paradise: the life of John Milton and how he created his masterpiece, Paradise Lost. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of King John of England

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John Milton: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 19th-century painting of Oliver Cromwell and the New Model Army storming Basing House in 1645 (Photo by Artepics/Alamy Stock Photo)

The siege of Basing House: how the Civil War was won. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Stuarts: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oliver Cromwell's postal spies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Oliver Cromwell

The Western Design: Oliver Cromwell's disastrous campaign in the Caribbean. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I and James VI & I (Photo by Getty Images and Alamy)

From Tudor to Stuart: the succession of 1603. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From Tudor to Stuart: a brand new era?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell’s postal spies: intercepting letters and codebreaking in the General Post Office. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William III of England at the Battle of the Boyne

The battle of the Boyne: what happened at the July 1690 clash and why is it commemorated on ‘the Twelfth’?

Sir Lindsay Hoyle and William Lenthall with a purple background.

My history heroSir Lindsay Hoyle chooses William Lenthall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastJames VI and I: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Smash hits: 17th-century style. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of supposed witches being beaten in front of King James I and VI

Why was King James VI and I obsessed with witch hunts?

Mary and George Villiers, played by Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine

Is Mary & George a true story? The real history behind the royal drama

James VI and I, king of Scotland and England

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Newspaper ballad about highwaywoman Susan Higges

The real Renegade Nell? The bloody ballad of female highwaywoman Susan Higges

James VI and I: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mary & George: the real history behind the new drama. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James VI and I and his favourites, Robert Carr and George Villiers

James VI and I and his favourites: what were their relationships like?

Mary Villiers and Julianne Moore

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The real George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers

Who was George Villiers, favourite of King James VI and I?

King James was king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and the first Stuart king of England, from 1603 to 1625, acceding to the throne upon the death of Elizabeth I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

King James VI and I: your guide to the first Stuart monarch of England

A statue of Alice Nutter, one of the 1612 Pendle Witches. The statue is in her home village on Blacko Bar Road, Roughlee. (Image by Alamy)

The Pendle witches: what happened in the infamous Lancashire witch trial?

A Christmas feastThree historical festive recipes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Christmas feastHow to make a Stuart mince pie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Simon Ward as the Duke of Buckingham and Faye Dunaway as Milady de Winter in the 1973 film 'The Three Musketeers', 1973

The mystery of the ‘real’ Milady de Winter of The Three Musketeers

William of Orange depicted landing in Devon

What if…James II and VII had kept his throne?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.