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    Where does the word ‘honeymoon’ come from?

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    Eleanor of Aquitaine, king-maker and king-breaker

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    The Vatican’s Most Wanted: Martin Luther

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    The Burning of Jews during the Black Death

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    Did pirates really live on the island of Tortuga?

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    The Richest Man in History: Mansa Musa I of Mali

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    Richard III: Ruthless tyrant or maligned monarch?

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    The Bodleian – the medieval library that became a ‘Harry Potter’ set

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    In a nutshell: the Ottoman Empire

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    Who invented the bra?

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