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Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I

Henrietta Maria: Charles I’s warrior queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of King Charles I

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Anne of Denmark, wife of James I of England

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Oliver Cromwell’s remarkable rise to power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Persian ambassador bows before Louis XIV in the Palace of Versailles

King of the world: how Louis XIV turned France into a global power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James VI and I.

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Hogarth: the chronicler of the 18th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oliver Cromwell at the battle of Marston Moor. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The battle of Marston Moor: what happened?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Portrait of William III of Orange, found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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17th century engraving showing the execution by hanging of four witches. (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images)

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Young woman gets hair cut in to a bob

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The Great Fire of London, 2-5 September 1666 (Photo by Alamy)

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

Triumphant Death chases Londoners from their city

How 17th-century London reacted to the Great Plague

A union flag flown on HMS Queen Charlotte at the battle known as the Glorious First of June, 1794

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Nell Gwyn was a mistress of King Charles II

Nell GywnThe orange girl who became a king's mistress in Restoration England

A c1638 oil painting of Katherine Howard, Lady Aubigny

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17th-century London: a city shaped by catastrophe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why Charles I had to die

A portrait of Samuel Pepys, English writer and diarist. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Bonnie Prince Charlie: hero or coward?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An East India Company official riding on an elephant

The East India Company: how a trading corporation became an imperial ruler

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

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

'Merry Christmas' Victorian illustration of Santa Claus holding toys and blowing on a trumpet, chromolithograph, 1915. (Illustration by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

Father Christmas and Santa Claus: a brief history of two Christmas champions