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Most Popular of 2015

What our readers have enjoyed over the past 12 months.

History Today | Published in 29 Dec 2015

 

For a collection of the best things we've published these past twelve months, take a look at our Best of 2015 Special, available via the new History Today app. 

The Crusades: A Complete History

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25 Times History Made Perfect Clickbait

The Best History Apps

Young Academics: The Great Betrayal

The Rise and Fall of Nimrud

The World We Have Lost

Death of Countess Elizabeth Bathory

Key Moments In The Crusades: An Interactive Map

The Origins of the Early Medieval State

Fog in Channel, Historians Isolated

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