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Both are orders of religious warriors and both were taken down by power-hungry rulers
‘Peace for our time’: British prime minister Neville Chamberlain displaying the Anglo-German declaration, known as the Munich Agreement, in September 1938.
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Oversimplified versions of the past lead to bad political decisions.
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The Hellfire Club in Stranger Things is a school DnD club – but the real Hellfire Club from history which it’s based upon is far more scandalous and notorious.
President Calvin Coolidge stands with members of a nonprofit group called the Daughters of 1812.
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US President Calvin Coolidge hasn’t gone down in history for his triumphs or failures as president during the 1920s – but his dry sense of humor carries on.
The ill-fated nineteen: the only known photo of the Croatian Revolutionary Brotherhood members who went to Yugoslavia in 1972.
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A largely forgotten incursion behind the Iron Curtain had reverberations in both countries
French Education and Youth Minister Pap Ndiaye speaks during a press conference following a weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysée Palace in Paris on June 14, 2022.
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Considered a pioneer of “Black Studies à la française”, Ndiaye’s appointment comes at a time when issues in race and gender have divided the French political class and public opinion.
The university, and its pursuit of knowledge, was part of the colonial project. And historians, writes Satia, were key architects of empire.
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From the 18th century, historians taught us to understand the world as a story of linear progress. But this viewpoint made them architects of empire. History, writes Yves Rees, has blood on its hands.
Tombstones investigated in new research, most from 1338.
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The Black Death evolved around Kyrgyzstan, according to new research.
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The tragedy of Macbeth issues a warning for our times about the harm that is done when the desire for power drowns out the inner voice of conscience.
Even supervillains need the odd day off.
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A linguist explores the origin of the word ‘father’ – and why derivatives are common in languages across the globe.
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Phallic graffiti was more than just funny in Roman Britain.
DRC President Felix Tshisekedi and Belgian King Philippe toast at an official banquet in Kinshasa.
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For relations with the DRC to truly improve, the Belgian state must acknowledge its historical responsibility more strongly.
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From unwrapping parties to grinding-up mummies to make medicine, Europe has a long and strange relationship with Ancient Egyptian remains.
Elizabeth I in procession, circa 1600.
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There are valuable lessons to be learned from the England of the 1600s.
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Anne Lister’s various exchanges were coded in her diary with a mixture of words and symbols.
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The legacy of the Holocaust stretches beyond a handful of death camps and ghettos. Stumbling Stones hope to help people remember that
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The monarch is the head of the Church of England but as Britain has become more diverse so has the approach to religion in jubilees.
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How perceptions of adultery in British society have changed might surprise you.
Francesco Solimena, Death of Messalina (about 1704/1712)
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A patchwork of Roman laws (including Rome’s complex murder laws) sought to address coercive and violent behaviour
Interior view of Polito’s Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change, Strand, Westminster, London, 1812.
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Historians aren’t sure exactly when the first zoo was built, but it’s clear humans have kept exotic animals for thousands of years.