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The real Viking Age: when did the era of Norse expansion start and end?
When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...
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The death of King George V – and why his doctor hastened his demise
After a short illness, George V died on 20 January 1936. The following day, British Pathé described him as “more than a King, ...
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William Tell: was the legendary Swiss hero a real person?
By shooting an apple off his son’s head, William Tell inspired both the Swiss people to fight for independence and a ...
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Who owns Greenland? Why the island's history is more complicated than you think
The question of who owns Greenland rings throughout history, arguably beginning in the Viking Age. But since the Second World ...
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Jimmy Carter: a moral man but a diffident president
Following the death of the former US president in December, historian Mark White recalls the life and work of a leader whose ...
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The outrageous heretical legend of Pope Joan, history’s only female pope
When it comes to popes, the current split between men and women is 266 to zero. But, as Jonny Wilkes explores, that hasn’t ...
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Nazino was Stalin’s worst labour gulag. Its inmates knew it by another name: Cannibal Island
Despite only housing prisoners for a matter of months, a small island on the Ob River in Siberia was such a violent and ...