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Enrique of Transtamare kills his half-brother Pedro I, king of Leon and Castile

Killing Kings

31 Jan 2011

A new study by a Cambridge University criminologist reveals just how dangerous it was to be a monarch in Europe before the modern era.

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grave

From beyond the grave

01 May 2009

Tracing popular beliefs from medieval to early modern times is highlighting the durability of debates about the dead.

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Deposition taken from a witness  to the 1641 Irish rebellion

Rebellion, repression, retribution

01 Feb 2008

John Morrill explores one of the most extraordinary and least understood aspects of Anglo-Irish history - the rebellion of 1641.

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Notes from our small island

16 Jul 2007

Rarely-seen Darwin notes to go on display during travel exhibition

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Gardens and governments

14 Feb 2002

A new book by a Cambridge historian which uses the history of Kew Gardens to trace the relationship between the rise of Western science and the...

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