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A French 15th-century covered market

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A medieval couple being married by a clergyman

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Queen Victoria c1870

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Queen Victoria on an ivory throne

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Spartacus is now associated with political upheaval, as in the 1919 Spartacist uprising.

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Edward the Confessor

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c1895: Queen Victoria with her family. Standing left to right: Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein; Prince Henry of Battenberg; Count Arthur Mensdorff-Pouilly; Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg; George, Duke of York. Seated left to right: Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg; Queen Victoria; Victoria Mary, Duchess of York holding Prince Edward of York; Prince Arthur of Connaught; and Prince Alexander of Battenberg. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Christ appearing to Mary Magdalene

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An open Bible on an altar

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Pompeii wall painting depicting an erotic satyr and nymph

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Viking Berserker figures. The one on the left is wearing a helmet with horns. His companion wears the mask of a wolf or bear. Sweden, 6th century. (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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German women carrying children believed to be part of the Lebensborn programme

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Charles I's great weakness was that he made a strict distinction between his role as king, in which he could not compromise, and his personal role, which was entirely pleasant and courteous, says Sean Lang. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

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Illustration of pirate John Ward

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A sculpture dedicated to King Leonidas of the Spartans in Thermopylae, Greece. (Photo by iStock/Getty Images Plus)

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