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Life - Bede WL

The Venerable Bede: life of the week . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Simon Sebag Jerusalem WL

Telling the story of modern Jerusalem . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Satan & the sabbath: witchhunting in the Basque Country . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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King of the gods and sex pest: the legend of Zeus and his thunderbolts

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

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A Chinese tank nears the city of Lang Son in Vietnam, 1979 and (right) Chinese and Vietnamese ministers meet for talks, 1991. Rana Mitter highlights the role of diplomacy in bringing war between Vietnam and China to an end.

Historians debate: how do intractable conflicts come to an end? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Norse god of war and All-father, Odin, next to Germanic princess Brunhild

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Fierce and furious: who are the most powerful gods of war throughout world history?

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Sun gods and goddesses 16 solar deities from world history

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A crusader army led by French king Louis IX clashes with Ayyubid forces at Mansurah in 1250. Two centuries of warfare across the Middle East “drew a torrent of often dangerous young men into the region”, writes Steve Tibble. (Photo by Getty Images)

Crusader criminals: why medieval knights went rogue in the Holy Land . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Priest's Hole, formerly a medieval sewer, beneath the kitchen in Baddesley Clinton, Warwickshire.

A perilous game of hide and seek The history of priest holes and hunters

Norse god Wotan surrounded by fire.

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Fire gods and goddesses: 14 fire deities from world history

A mob setting fire to Newgate Prison and freeing prisoners.

The Gordon Riots How an anti-Catholic petition escalated into the most destructive riots in London’s history

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Plots and Rebellions, with Professor Tracy Borman . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Catherine Nixey - Heresy WL

Will the real Jesus please stand up? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Charles West WL

Lothar II vs Theutberga: a marriage scandal that shook the ninth century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.