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Eleanor of Castile
8 August 2023Eleanor of Castile married King Edward I of England as part of a political deal to affirm English sovereignty over Gascony. But the...
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History of Make-Up
8 August 2023Most of us present ourselves with some form of cosmetic, so it’s strange that historically there’s been so much judgement around the use of...
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Attila The Hun
7 August 2023Known to the Romans as the 'Scourge of God', Attila the Hun brought chaos to the world around him. He and his armies plundered, pillaged and...
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The Magna Carta in America
7 August 2023What does a document written in 1215 in England have to do with the United States? The Magna Carta has supposedly influenced foundational...
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Seymour, Dudley & Parr Families: Forgotten Tudor Women
7 August 2023Seymour, Dudley and Parr are all well-known Tudor names. But often, behind the more famous men in those families, there were women who had a...
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Tito: President of Yugoslavia
7 August 2023A Yugoslav revolutionary leader, who served in every major conflict of his lifetime - Josip Broz Tito ruled Yugoslavia for 35 years. Successfully...
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The Great Train Robbery
6 August 2023Did the "heist of the century" really happen the way the robbers say it did? In the summer of 1963, a gang of masked robbers executed a daring...
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Pompeii: Life Before the Eruption
6 August 2023The ancient city of Pompeii is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries on earth. Frozen in time since 79 AD when Mount Vesuvius erupted,...
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Fritz Haber: Inventor of Poisonous Gas
6 August 2023Fritz Haber is an undisputed genius and is considered one of the most brilliant minds of the 20th Century. He’s an incredibly complex person,...
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Eleanor Aquitaine: The Life of a Medieval Badass
4 August 2023You would think that a woman who was queen several times, commanded armies and was possibly the most powerful woman in medieval Europe would need...
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Rommel: The Desert Fox
4 August 2023Known as the Desert Fox, Erwin Rommel was one of Germany's greatest military leaders. Having soared through the ranks after numerous victories...
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Magna Carta
4 August 2023One of the most important documents ever written, Magna Carta was sealed by King John after negotiations with...
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