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Women in the French Revolution: fighting for equality
Victorian
Unmasking the ‘man in the iron mask’: do we know the identity of the famous prisoner?
General Early Modern
The Bloody Code: your guide to the severe legal system
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Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past
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Robespierre’s brutal downfall
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A hard-fought history of trespass
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Contraception, consent & erotic connection: sex through history
Georgian
The colonial secrets of Britain’s stately homes
Stuart
The 17th-century expulsion of the Moriscos from Spain: what happened?
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the Freemasons
General Early Modern
Who was Olaudah Equiano – and why was his story of slavery so important?
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History Traveller, part 2: St Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow
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Fairies, rabbit births and an ‘ancient’ tiara: what are the greatest historical hoaxes?
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Royalists, beards and cowardice: are these the strangest taxes in history?
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Has there ever been a married Pope?
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