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The Charter of the Forest: your guide to the 13th-century law
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The Monmouth Rebellion of 1685: your guide to the a duke’s failed bid to overthrow his uncle, James II and VI
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David Carpenter on Henry III
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The fall and rise of Henry III
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The soft power of royal pomp and pageantry
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