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The Merovingian Dynasty: France's First Kings
19 May 2026Long-haired rulers, dynastic bloodshed, secret letters, and a kingdom built in the aftermath of empire; Dr. Eleanor Janega and Dr. James Palmer...
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King Phillip's War
18 May 2026This is one of the deadliest conflicts in North American History. But who was King Philip? What started the war? And how did it change...
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Royal Favourites: Queen Anne & Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough
18 May 2026How did Sarah Churchill become the most powerful woman in Queen Anne’s court? What happens when a royal friendship turns into a political...
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The Rise and Fall of Venice
18 May 2026Venice was the impossible city that rose from mudflats to become a medieval superpower. Venice dominated Mediterranean trade through its vast...
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Inside the Egyptian Underworld
18 May 2026For the Ancient Egyptians, death marked the beginning of a new chapter: a journey through a shadowy realm of trials, monsters, and divine...
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The Other Humans: Why We Survived?
17 May 2026For most of human history, we were not alone. Human evolution was shaped by multiple human species living side by side, from Neanderthals in...
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How to Get Cancelled as a Medieval Mistress
15 May 2026What do you have to do wrong to be specifically named in a law? In the 14th Century, one of the mistresses of King Edward III found out. So who...
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After Agincourt: Henry V's French Campaigns
15 May 2026What happened after the Battle of Agincourt? How did Henry V's victory turn into a seven-year struggle of sieges, diplomacy, ambition, murder and...
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Annexation of Alaska
14 May 2026In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia in a deal that reshaped the map of North America... but what did that moment mean for the...
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What If Alexander Fought Rome?
14 May 2026Rome vs Alexander. It's a counterfactual of suitably epic proportions, fit for movie theatres and sprawling strategy video games. What would've...
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Louis XIV: Sun King and Propagandist
14 May 2026How did Louis XIV use his day-to-day life, especially his marriage, to help create the mythology of the Sun King as semi-divine, radiant and...
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400 Year Old Artist's Dark Revenge
14 May 2026Artemisia Gentileschi's paintings personify female rage against men. She paints women beheading men, hammering nails into their skulls,...
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