December 2012

Articles from the December 2012 issue of BBC History Magazine

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Q&A: Samuel Morse invented the Morse code, but how did he do it, how long did it take, and how long before it was accepted?

Woodcut Of A English Witch Hanging

Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials

Effigy of Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Where history happened: the cult of Thomas Becket

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England: Suffragettes confrontation with police

Jujitsu suffragettes

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A 1864 campaign banner. (David J & Janice Frent/Corbis via Getty Images)

Race, religion and re-election?

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Edward I in Parliament.

Edward I: man of principle or grasping opportunist?

The Uganda railway, which links Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya, was built during the period of British control of East Africa. (SSPL/Getty Images)

The dark side of abolitionism

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Our Lady of Sorrows, by unknown artist (20th century), photographic reproduction, 103x65 cm, inv 1602. Copyright Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosian. (Getty Images)

The day a Mexican farmer had a vision of the Virgin Mary

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Benito Mussolini

Second World War

Mussolini’s willing followers

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Hong Kong 1842

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Rosa Parks Riding the Bus

My history hero: Rosa Parks (1913-2005)

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Q&A: Where did the monks go after the dissolution of the monasteries?