Subscribe
Newsletter sign up
Download app
Join our Academy
The official website for BBC History Magazine
Period
Back to
Main menu
Ancient Egypt
Roman
Viking
Anglo-Saxon
Medieval
Tudor
Elizabethan
Georgian
Victorian
Second World War
Back to
Period
Browse all periods
People
Back to
Main menu
Tutankhamun
Richard III
Henry VIII
Elizabeth I
Queen Victoria
Winston Churchill
Cleopatra
Napoleon Bonaparte
Back to
People
Browse all people
Topics
Back to
Main menu
Kings and queens
Weird and wonderful
Sex and love
Social history
Religious history
Women's history
Historical Q&As
Heritage visits
History hero
Historical recipes
Turning points in British History
Back to
Topics
Browse all topics
Video
Podcast
Back to
Main menu
Podcast series
Quizzes
Membership
Back to
Main menu
Membership area
Back to
Membership
Member discounts
Join HistoryExtra
BBC History Mag
Academy
Back to
Membership
Late-medieval England course
Roman Britain course
D-Day course
Witchcraft course
Elizabethans course
Vikings course
Regency course
Subscribe
Newsletter sign up
Download app
Join our Academy
Search
Home
Period
Period
Premium
Membership
The woman who saved the children
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Premium
Membership
The Normandy campaign’s forgotten naval heroes
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Premium
Membership
Victorian crime and punishment: everything you wanted to know
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Advertisement MPU index
Premium
Membership
History's greatest cities
Cairo
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Premium
Membership
Ancient Greek warrior women: the extraordinary female figures who shaped the Greco-Persian Wars
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Premium
Membership
From the bitter battle of 1832 to the poll that cemented the two-party system: 7 elections that rocked Britain
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Premium
Membership
My history hero
Sir Lindsay Hoyle chooses William Lenthall
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Premium
Membership
How the Dreyfus Affair tore France apart
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Premium
Membership
Video podcast
Anne Boleyn: a modern woman?
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Advertisement MPU index
Premium
Membership
The seven Cleopatras who shaped the ancient world
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Viking
Norse gods and goddesses: 14 of the most important deities venerated by the Vikings
Premium
Membership
Video podcast
Boudica: life of the week
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Georgian
Why does the United States of America celebrate Independence Day on 4 July?
Premium
Membership
The surprising lives of ancient women
. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
First World War
Marie Curie: a guide to the scientist’s life, achievements and legacy
Prev
Page
1
Page
24
You're currently on page
25
Page
26
Page
577
Next