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In this issue

Elizabeth’s I divided loyalties
In public, the Virgin Queen lionised her father, Henry VIII. But, as Tracy Borman argues, in private she revered her late mother.

Death to the Sun King!
Josephine Wilkinson identifies who she believes was the real culprit behind a series of attempts to assassinate French monarch Louis XIV.

Should historians interpret the past through the prism of the present?

A recent debate about whether the study of history should address contemporary concerns exposed faultlines in academic approaches

Should historians interpret the past through the prism of the present?

5 mins

"History - like any person's story - is messy. It doesn't fit into neat boxes"

EIGHTY-NINE-YEAR-OLD JAMES MEREDITH walks into Bully’s Soul Food Restaurant, a traditional eaterie in Jackson, Mississippi

"History - like any person's story - is messy. It doesn't fit into neat boxes"

3 mins

Elizabeth I: mother's girl

The Virgin Queen lionised her father, Henry VIII, in public. Yet, writes Tracy Borman, examine what Elizabeth did as opposed to what she said and it’s evident that her sympathies lay with Anne Boleyn

Elizabeth I: mother's girl

10+ mins

THE RACE TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD

On the 7Oth anniversary of the first ascent of Everest, Robin Ashcroft charts the trials, tragedies and triumphs that led to that pioneering climb and its implications for Britain's place on the world stage

THE RACE TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD

10 mins

Black masses, lethal potions and the plot to kill a king

In the 1670s, Louis XIV of France was the target of a series of assassination attempts involving poisons and necromancy. But who was the perpetrator? Josephine Wilkinson untangles a conspiracy that scandalised a nation

Black masses, lethal potions and the plot to kill a king

9 mins

WHEN GERMS MADE HISTORY

Infectious diseases don't just make individuals sick - they can cause seismic shifts in societies. Jonathan Kennedy charts six moments when pathogens such as plague, smallpox and malaria played key roles in major cultural, political and economic transformations

WHEN GERMS MADE HISTORY

9 mins

How Britain stirred the cauldron of conflict in Palestine

Having ousted the Ottomans from Palestine in 1917, Britain administered a territory that was already a tinderbox of tensions between Arabs and Jews. Matthew Hughes explores the bloody end of the Palestine Mandate and the emergence of the State of Israel

How Britain stirred the cauldron of conflict in Palestine

10 mins

The queen who wouldn't go quietly

Margaret of Anjou was a foreigner and a woman. Those facts alone should have sunk her bid to regain the English throne for her husband, Henry VI. Yet, writes Joanna Arman, when it came to fighting her family’s corner, Margaret simply didn’t know when she was beaten

The queen who wouldn't go quietly

9 mins

"Henry was not a great king but he was respected as a most Christian one"

David Carpenter talks to David Musgrove about the second part of his biography of King Henry II, and the extraordinary revolution that removed him from power in 1258

"Henry was not a great king but he was respected as a most Christian one"

10+ mins

Visions of England

MICHAEL WOOD enjoys a thought-provoking exploration of English identity from the postwar period to the present day and the myths that have been told about England

Visions of England

4 mins

Hitler's forgotten victims

CHRISTINE SCHMIDT welcomes an important new book detailing the fraught search for justice by the Roma in the aftermath of their genocidal persecution by the Nazis

Hitler's forgotten victims

2 mins

A European success story

PETER ANDERSON is impressed by a sweeping history of modern Spain, covering a century in which the country experienced both wartime tragedy and economic triumph

A European success story

3 mins

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BBC History UK Magazine Description:

PublisherImmediate Media

CategoryEducation

LanguageEnglish

FrequencyMonthly

BBC History Magazine is Britain’s bestselling history magazine devoted to history enthusiasts of all levels of knowledge and interest. Published 13 times a year, BBC History Magazine brings history to life with informative, lively and entertaining features written by the world’s leading historians and journalists. Whether it is the history of our politics and institutions, or the fascinating stories of our private lives through the ages, BBC History Magazine sheds new light on the past and helps make more sense of today’s world.Covering the latest new developments in history and archaeology from Britain and around the world, the latest, most thought provoking historical research and strong links with TV and radio programming maximizing use of BBC’s existing expertise in the genre.

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