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    Articles from the April 2013 issue of BBC History Magazine

    Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII, c1507-1536. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
    Tudor

    Guilty or not guilty: why did Anne Boleyn have to die?

    The Spanish Armada: Tudor spin portrayed the events of August 1588 as a glorious English victory but, argues Robert Hutchinson, bad weather and bad tactics had more to do with the Spanish fleet's failure than Elizabethan derring-do. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
    Tudor

    The Spanish Armada: England’s lucky escape

    British soldiers in Normandy. Though Goodwood cost the British some 200 tanks, infantry losses were relatively light, says Mark Urban. (Capt. E G Malindine/IWM via Getty Images)
    Second World War

    Operation Goodwood: one of the biggest British disasters of the Second World War?

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    A Pompeian fresco from the first century showing a woman tuning a musical instrument. Excavations at the partially buried Roman city reveal that women played a prominent role in the home, and that they took personal grooming very seriously indeed. (Photo by: Werner Forman/UIG via Getty Images)
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    At home with the Romans

    A 13th-century miniature of King John. (AKG)
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    Q&A: Did King John ever display goodness?

    This 14th-century miniature shows men enjoying a glass of red wine. Alcohol features prominently in medieval and Tudor accounts of breakfast. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)
    Tudor

    How the Tudors invented breakfast

    The Battle on the Ice, fought between the men of Novgorod and the Teutonic Knights, was a landmark in European history, says Dominic Sandbrook. (Alamy)
    Medieval

    A big day in history: Nevsky’s Russians crush the Teutonic Knights

    The three Kenyans who were tortured by British forces in the 1950s are joined by supporters at a demonstration outside the Royal Courts of Justice. (BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images)
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    History on trial

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    Norman

    Where history happened: Norman churches

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    A coin showing the head of Alexander the Great.
    Ancient Greece

    My history hero: Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)

    Illustration by Jonty Clark.
    Georgian

    Ye olde travel guide: Rio de Janeiro 1820

    Illustration by Glen McBeth for BBC History Magazine.
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    Q&A: When were punctuation marks first used?

    Second World War

    Q&A: Were the martial songs in Nazi newsreels typical of the period?

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