CONTENTS

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24 The barons’ crusade 5QRJKG 6JÅTÄUG #ODNGT QP VJG TCFKECN CODKVKQPU QH 5KOQP FG /QPVHQTV

32 Britain’s Red Summer %NK QTF 9KNNKCOUQP NQQMU DCEM CV VJG TKQVU CPF TGXQNWVKQPCT[ HGCTU QH

37 Georgian ghost hoaxes /CTVJC /E)KNN GZRNCKPU JQY )GQTIKCP EJCPEGTU GZRNQKVGF VJG VGTTQT QH VJG UWRGTPCVWTCN HQT VJGKT QYP UKPKUVGT GPFU

44 Why Charles I had to die .GCPFC FG .KUNG EJCTVU VJG RNQVVKPI CPF RQNKVKEU VJCV NGF RCTNKCOGPV VQ MKNN C MKPI

52 The forgotten Iraq war ,QJP $TQKEJ GZRNQTGU VJG 5GEQPF 9QTNF 9CT UETCODNG HQT QKN KP VJG /KFFNG 'CUV

58 Henry V’s secret agent 5CTCJ 2GXGTNG[ RTQ NGU ,QJP *CTF[PI VJ EGPVWT[ UR[ CPF ECT VQITCRJGT

60 The Women’s World Cup 4QIGT &QOGPGIJGVVK VGNNU VJG UVQT[ QH VJG VQWTPCOGPV VJCV ECVCRWNVGF YQOGPoU HQQVDCNN KPVQ VJG DKI NGCIWG

37 The tricksters who preyed on Georgian fears of ghosts

44 Why was parliament moved to kill Charles I?

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A programme from the 1971 Mexico World Cup, which saw UK schoolgirls

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24 How the crusades influenced warfare in medieval England