Fortune telling was all the rage in the 16th and 17th centuries, and practitioners would stop at nothing to tap in to the supernatural. Martha McGill tells a story of Highland seers, tarot cards and encounters with the spirit world

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21.02.2025

History Of Africa: Better Understanding Politics, Culture & Peoples | HistoryExtra

Slavery, exploitation and racism. These tragedies have long dominated histories of Africa. But there’s another way to tell this story, argues Luke Pepera. And it’s one that puts Africans right at the centre of their continent’s extraordinarily rich and vibrant past

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21.02.2025

The rise of the Nazis and the importance of heeding warnings | HistoryExtra

“The idea that there’s a widespread movement to learn from history or to understand it meaningfully is false.” Laurence Rees explains to Danny Bird how studying the history of the Nazi regime yields warnings – but that frighteningly few people are interested in learning from the past

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John, Duke Of Bedford: The Life & Legacy Of Henry V's Brother | HistoryExtra

When the Hundred Years’ War was reaching a climax, one man was fighting tenaciously to secure the English claim to the French crown. So why, asks Joanna Arman, is Henry V’s formidable brother, John, Duke of Bedford, not better known?

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Fingers, frogs and fairies: the fashion for fortune telling in the 15th and 16th centuries | HistoryExtra

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