HistoryExtra
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link: https://www.historyextra.com
description: The official website for BBC History Magazine
date: 2024-11-01T20:24:54.000Z
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items: History's greatest cities: Québec City
items: Women’s history podcasts: episodes not to miss
items: Digging into the Klondike gold rush
items: Canadian history: everything you wanted to know
items: What happened to the Franklin Expedition? The real mystery behind The Terror
items: The Franklin Expedition: what happened on the ill-fated Victorian voyage?
items: How the world made us
items: Coronavirus: what might we learn from pandemics in the past?
items: Coronavirus: a historical perspective
items: Royalists, beards and cowardice: are these the strangest taxes in history?

History's greatest cities: Québec City
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date: 2024-06-22T06:56:37.000Z
creator: Paul Bloomfield
subject: General History
subject: Membership
subject: Period
subject: History's greatest cities podcast series
description: David Mendel offers fresh perspectives on the history and modern sites of the iconic Canadian city
encoded: In episode four of our series exploring the great historical cities of Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, travel writer Paul Bloomfield is joined by David Mendel as they visit Québec City in Canada. Together they explore its pre-colonial origins, development as a French imperial capital and its incorporation into Britain's North American colonies. They also meet some of the figures who played pivotal roles in the city’s growth and discover monuments and sites to visit for insights into its heritage.

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Women’s history podcasts: episodes not to miss
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date: 2023-03-14T12:45:17.000Z
subject: 20th Century
subject: General Modern
subject: Medieval
subject: Period
subject: Tudor
subject: The Suffragettes
description: For Women's History Month, we’ve put together a list of HistoryExtra podcast episodes you can listen to featuring inspirational historical women and their achievements
encoded: Looking for a new podcast recommendation? In Women's History Month, learn more about remarkable women through history and their stories with these fascinating episodes from the HistoryExtra podcast... Madame Restell: the abortionist who shocked and fascinated 19th-century New York Jennifer Wright discusses the dramatic life of Madame Restell, a New York businesswoman who made millions – and horrified many – by selling abortions and birth control in the 19th century Sirens, succubi & sex symbols: a history of female monsters Sarah Clegg explores how and why historical myths have portrayed women as monstrous beings – from seductive, child-killing monsters to mermaids, sirens and vampires Medieval women: everything you wanted to know Eleanor Janega busts popular myths surrounding women in the Middle Ages, revealing how society was more open-minded than we might initially expect Female spies who forged the CIA Nathalia Holt discusses four women who undertook life-threatening missions and harnessed crucial intelligence in the early days of the Central Intelligence Agency Breastfeeding: a cultural history From ancient baby bottles to the perceived moral dangers of wetnursing, Joanna Wolfarth investigates what we can learn from changing attitudes to breastfeeding through history How six women programmed the world’s first modern computer During the Second World War, six talented mathematicians were brought together to make history. These women had one mission: to program the world’s first and only supercomputer. Speaking with Rachel Dinning, Kathy Kleiman explores the vital but overlooked role the “Eniac 6” played in the history of computing during and after the Second World War Njinga: queen, warrior, diplomat Luke Pepera tells Kev Lochun about the dramatic life and reign of Queen Njinga, the formidable 17th-century ruler of Ndongo and Matamba, in modern-day Angola Women who served in WW2 Tessa Dunlop explores the lives of the last surviving women who served in Britain’s a…

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Digging into the Klondike gold rush
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date: 2021-06-30T11:25:10.000Z
subject: Membership
subject: Victorian
subject: Period
description: Stephen Tuffnell delves into the Klondike gold rush, a two-year whirlwind that brought at least 30,000 prospectors to the remote Yukon in search of glory and gold
encoded: From grizzled gold miners to fresh-faced boys in search of adventure, 100,000 prospectors set out for the remote Yukon in search of gold. Stephen Tuffnell delves into the Klondike gold rush, which saw millions of dollars’ worth of gold pulled from the ground – and ended as abruptly as it began.

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Canadian history: everything you wanted to know
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date: 2021-06-27T11:42:39.000Z
subject: General History
subject: General Modern
subject: Membership
subject: Period
subject: Everything you wanted to know about history (podcast series)
description: Donald Wright answers listener questions on the history of Canada, from the country’s indigenous population to the world wars
encoded: In the latest episode in our series tackling big historical topics, historian Donald Wright answers listener questions on the history of Canada, from the country’s indigenous population and its contribution to the two world wars, to the story behind the maple leaf flag and the reasons why Canada didn’t join the American Revolution. Donald Wright is the author of Canada: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2020) Buy now on Waterstones Buy now on Amazon Buy now on Bookshop.org

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What happened to the Franklin Expedition? The real mystery behind The Terror
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date: 2021-03-20T12:16:26.000Z
subject: Membership
subject: Period
subject: Victorian
subject: TV interest
description: In 1845, the Franklin Expedition sailed into the Canadian arctic and never returned. Andrew Lambert explores the real history that inspired the BBC drama The Terror
encoded: In 1845, two British navy ships sailed into the Canadian arctic and never returned. The fate of the Franklin Expedition has proven one of history’s most compelling mysteries, and most recently inspired the BBC drama The Terror. Here, Andrew Lambert explores the history behind the series and asks: what really happened to the expedition’s 129 crewmembers? Andrew Lambert is the author of Franklin: Tragic Hero of Polar Navigation (Faber & Faber, 2010) Buy now on Amazon Buy now on Waterstones Buy now on Bookshop.org

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The Franklin Expedition: what happened on the ill-fated Victorian voyage?
type: item
date: 2021-02-25T06:04:00.000Z
subject: Period
subject: Victorian
subject: Historical people
subject: TV interest
description: In 1845, a British expedition sailed into the harsh Canadian Arctic, seeking scientific knowledge and the fabled North-West Passage. Professor of naval history Andrew Lambert traces the ill-fated final voyage of Captain Sir John Franklin
encoded: In May 1845, two British warships carrying more than 130 men set off from London for the Canadian Arctic, where they entered the fabled North-West Passage. Neither ship returned; nor did any of the men. The fate of the expedition became the greatest maritime mystery of the 19th century, sparking many search-and-rescue missions and inspiring a library of theories about what had happened to the ships and their crews. A highly effective public-relations exercise preserved the heroic reputation of expedition leader Captain Sir John Franklin, modifying the stated purpose of the voyage: rather than cutting-edge scientific research, it was redefined as geographical curiosity. Yet Franklin was 59 and obese; he had been selected to lead the expedition as a navigator and a scientist, not an explorer. A veteran of Arctic navigation, geomagnetic research and colonial government, he was a celebrity: a Fellow of the Royal Society and a bestselling travel writer. Franklin’s ships, the 350-ton former bomb vessels HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, were wooden sailing ships designed to carry mortars, reinforced to work in the ice, and equipped with second-hand steam engines driving screw propellers. Each carried a crew of nearly 70 men and food for three years; it was assumed that Franklin would complete his mission in that time. Once the ships left Greenland they passed from the human realm into a world of sea ice, white mountains, storms and darkness, where signs of life were limited to seals, whales and the occasional bear. Franklin’s route bypassed the game-rich areas where Inuit peoples hunted, and even in high summer the landscapes of Beechey Island and Victory Point were merely ice and rock – stark, glittering and grim. Who was Sir John Franklin? John Franklin (1786–1847) was born at Spilsby, Lincolnshire. He joined the Royal Navy in 1800 and served at the battle of Copenhagen the following year. In 1802 he joined his cousin Matthew Flinders on a circumnavigation of the southern cont…

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How the world made us
type: item
date: 2020-04-29T16:28:00.000Z
subject: General Modern
subject: Membership
subject: Period
description: Lewis Dartnell discusses how Earth’s physical features have had a profound effect on human civilisations throughout history
encoded: Scientist and author Lewis Dartnell discusses his recent book Origins, which explores how Earth’s physical features have had a profound effect on human civilisations throughout history

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Coronavirus: what might we learn from pandemics in the past?
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date: 2020-03-16T15:57:32.000Z
subject: 20th Century
subject: 21st Century
subject: General Modern
subject: Membership
subject: Period
subject: Pandemics
subject: Podcast transcripts
description: As Covid-19 dominates the news, read our interview with Laura Spinney (author of Pale Rider, an account of the 1918 influenza pandemic known as Spanish flu) from the HistoryExtra podcast. In the interview, Spinney draws historical parallels with other pandemics in history and asks what we might learn from disease outbreaks in the past
encoded: Note: this is an unedited transcript of our recent podcast Coronavirus – a historical perspective Matt Elton, editor of BBC World Histories Magazine: Obviously, Coronavirus is something that’s hitting a lot of headlines at the moment. Why does it strike such a chord, why are we so afraid of pandemics? Laura Spinney: Well, I think it’s something very primitive in us really. I mean, we’ve had to deal with epidemics of infectious disease, plagues if you like, to use a more kind of ancient and Biblical term, since we settled down in kind of semi-permanent settlements, since we started farming, that is, about 10, 12,000 years ago. And, you know, these diseases that kind of adapted to big groups of densely-living people, we call them the crowd diseases, and they kind of evolved in parallel with us as we adopted those new, more sedentary lifestyles. So it’s been a kind of arms race for a very long time, they know us very well and unfortunately because they’re small and they reproduce much faster, they tend to be a step ahead. They can just mutate and adapt and, you know, they’re just wherever we don’t want them to be before we can do anything about it and we’re seeing that again now. In some ways, there are many aspects, I think, of a pandemic which don’t change over time. There are many that do but there are many that don’t and those are the ones that speak to our, obviously speak to our most ancient fears. ME: And, of course, it’s natural for humans to look back at past examples of a similar thing to see if there’s any parallels or any lessons that could be drawn. Do you think there are particular pandemics from history that are most useful to look at in terms of parallels or is it just not a useful exercise generally? LS: No, I do think it’s a useful exercise, I just don’t know why we immediately rush to pick the worst possible example. Given that the Spanish Flu, or the not Spanish Flu, we should really call it the 1918 Flu, was pretty much forgotten for most of the la…

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Coronavirus: a historical perspective
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date: 2020-03-16T15:55:33.000Z
subject: 20th Century
subject: 21st Century
subject: General Modern
subject: Membership
subject: Period
subject: Pandemics
description: As COVID-19 dominates the news, Laura Spinney asks what we might learn from pandemics in the past
encoded: As COVID-19 dominates the news, Laura Spinney draws historical parallels with other pandemics in history and asks what we might learn from disease outbreaks in the past Read our transcript of the podcast interview here Why was the 1918-19 pandemic known as Spanish Flu?

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Royalists, beards and cowardice: are these the strangest taxes in history?
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subject: General ancient history
subject: General Early Modern
subject: Membership
subject: Period
description: Rulers and governments of yore have enforced some pretty strange levies, taxing all manner of unlikely commodities and occurrences – as well as the payer's patience. Jonny Wilkes examines some of the oddest for BBC History Revealed
encoded: Royalists – England As Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland, Oliver Cromwell brought in some pretty restrictive laws, but one of his most tactical was to tax his enemies. Arguing that it was the responsibility of Royalists to pay for the militia, Cromwell levied a 10 per cent income tariff – the ‘decimation tax’ –on known Royalist households. Not only did it bring in some much-needed funds, but was a convenient way to keep his enemies in check. Oliver Cromwell: the secret of his military genius Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villain? Urine – Ancient Rome In Ancient Rome, human urine was a valuable commodity, used for tanning, laundering – the ammonia apparently made for whiter-than-white togas – and even teeth brushing. It wasn’t long before entrepreneurial types began collecting the waste matter, hoping to make profits from pee, but Emperors Nero and Vespasian noticed. They levied a tax on the acquisition of urine, which led to the popular Latin phrase pecunia non olet, or ‘money does not stink’, a nod to the idea that money is not worth more or less because of where it came from. Tales of the toilet: a historical A–Z How did knights in armour go to the toilet? Soap – England The fact that the English upper classes tended to think of the lower classes as smelly ingrates might have something to do with the 141-year tax on soap that came into force in 1712, and it out-priced poorer-paid folk. Indeed, it was such a heavy tax that soap makers began to make their product off the books for the black market, after which tax collectors took to locking the lids of the makers’ soap-boiling pans overnight. Class warfare: a day in the life of a Victorian schoolchild Victorian burlesque: cheap thrills for the chattering classes Beards – Russia and Tudor England In a bid to westernise Russian society, in 1698 Tsar Peter the Great slapped a tax on what he deemed to be an old-fashioned fashion choice: the beard. Men had a choice: shave or stump up. Those who opted to retain t…

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