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© Graham Horn, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 2.0.
Nineteenth-century Britain had busy industrial cities and a prosperous middle class, but no MPs to represent them.
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© Robert Graham, Geograph. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Athelstan confirmed himself as King of the English, and also reawakened a feeling that all Britain should be a united people.
© Leon Hawley, Geograph. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Chad, the seventh-century Bishop of Mercia, seemed to be making a lot of music for one man.
© shakko, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Nicodemus did not allow intellectual doubts to get in the way of what he knew in his heart.
© Bikashrd, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Princely State of Mysore (today in Karnataka) was hailed as an example of good governance to all the world.
By J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), via the National Gallery and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
A duke with a passion for the art of enchantment is stranded by his enemies on a deserted island.