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A 1938 photograph of Heinrich Himmler (1900-45), leader of the SS (Schutzstaffel), the Nazi paramilitary group which evolved into a vast military organisation. (German Federal Archives)

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson as the third President of the United States, oil on canvas by Rembrandt Peale, c. 1801. White House, Washington D.C.

A 1924 photograph of Ernst Röhm, (1887-1934), leader of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary arm of the German Nazi Party from 1924 to 1925 and again from 1931 to 1934. (Library of Congress)

A 1938 photograph showing Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) in Nuremberg wearing the uniform of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP). (Imperial War Museums)

A 1929 colourised photograph showing a march in Nuremberg by the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary wing of the German Nazi Party (NSDAP). (German Federal Archives)

Edmund Ironside, king of England (r. 1016), miniature from the royal genealogy MS Royal 14 B VI, 14th century. British Library, London.

Sweyn Forkbeard invades England, illustration from fol 4r of The Life of King Edward the Confessor (manuscript Ee.3.59), 13th century. Cambridge University Library.

A woman named Aelfgifu with a clergyman, depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry, made c. 1067-1079. The identity of Aelfgifu is unclear, and the name was common among Old English royal women. Two leading candidates for being the Aelfgifu in this...

This infographic illustrates the rise of Nazi Germany in the aftermath of the First World War (1914-18), when the Treaty of Versailles (1919) imposed harsh reparations and territorial losses on Germany, leading to widespread economic hardship...

The Dura-Europos Church is the oldest Christian house of worship extant. Formerly a private home, it was converted into a church between 233 and 256. The church was discovered by French archaeologists in the excavation season of 1931-1932...