The Baron of Retz and veteran of the Hundred Years’ War confessed to monstrous crimes of torturing and murdering children.

From D-Day to HMS Belfast and Sir Winston Churchill, The Royal Mint’s military-themed coins pay tribute to the nation’s most ...

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What does the 'Ides of March' mean? The term ‘Ides’ had a perfectly practical – and in no way sinister – meaning to the Romans. Their calendar, in connection with the phases of the Moon, used three ...

Having taken to the tracks to explore the histories of Ancient Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, Alice Roberts now turns her attention to the world of the Ancient Greeks. She begins in the northern city ...

Royal residences have been a hotbed of drama, violence and intrigue down the centuries. In our new Academy video series Royal Residences: Secrets and Scandals, historian Kate Williams delves deep into ...

Vicious civil wars. Gruelling sieges. Rebellious provinces, galling betrayals and tribes seeking revenge… Join us for the first series of History’s Greatest Battles, where we’re heading back to the ...

Steven Knight doesn’t mess around with the subject matter for his gritty, historical British crime dramas. Like Peaky Blinders before it, new Disney+ drama A Thousand Blows catapults viewers head on ...

A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish descent, Saladin was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (which ruled over modern-day Egypt and parts of Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Yemen) and was the first man at the time of ...

In medieval and early modern Europe, the education of a young royal was an important business. If they weren’t already sitting on the throne and having to quickly learn the ropes, they had to be ...