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Crusader Queens of Jerusalem
7 July 2025The very first Assassin's Creed video game takes us back to the Third Crusade, and the Kingdom of Jerusalem. As Saladin's Islamic armies tried to...
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Pirates: Piracy in the South China Seas
6 July 2025Zheng Yi Sao was a pirate leader so formidable that she made Blackbeard and Captain Morgan look like amateurs. From humble beginnings as a sex...
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Hannibal's March on Rome
6 July 2025It was perhaps Hannibal’s greatest gamble — after years of victories, not least his famed trek across the snow-capped Alps, could he strike at...
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St. Christopher & Summertime Saints
4 July 2025Ever worn a St. Christopher medallion and wondered about the man carrying the Christ child across a river? Or heard of St. Uncumber, the bearded...
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Royal Sex: Queen Victoria
4 July 2025With NINE children, it can probably be assumed that Queen Victoria was no stranger to the sheets, but what do we actually know about her love (and...
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The Rise & Fall of Sparta
3 July 2025Today, we trace the rise and fall of ancient Greece’s most formidable warrior society - Sparta. This society's militaristic culture and...
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Revolutionary War: When Was the Turning Point?
3 July 2025In 1775, revolutionaries went to war against the British. Seeking independence from colonial ties, they fought more than 150 battles over eight...
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The Duchess of Malfi
3 July 2025A young widow stands against the expectations of her family. A woman striving for love and agency in a society which demands she claimed neither,...
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Plato's Republic
3 July 2025Today we journey into the creation of Plato's Republic. Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr. James Romm to discover how Plato's encounters with the...
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The Final Days of Anastasia Romanov
3 July 2025In the aftermath of the bloody Russian revolution, the Romanovs went from being a glittering royal family, to vulnerable everyday citizens who...
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The Seven Years War
1 July 2025The Seven Years' War in the 18th century is often called the first world war - it was fought across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Africa,...
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Medieval Hungary
1 July 2025Dr. Eleanor Janega sifts through the myths to uncover the foundations of medieval Hungary and its peoples. From the legendary tales of the...
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