October 2020 (Issue 86)

Expert history articles from issue 86 of BBC History Revealed

Workhouses were meant to be unpleasant. Inmates worked hard (like these women hanging out laundry c1880). (Photo by Sean Sexton/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian

Victorian daily life: what was it like for 'ordinary' Victorians?

Henry I proclaims Matilda as his heir

Medieval

Your guide to the Anarchy, the bloody battle between Stephen and Matilda

Illustration of the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaclava during the Crimean War

Victorian

Victorians and war: which conflicts were fought during the Victorian era?

Queen Victoria

Victorian

The Victorians and the British Empire: a brief guide and timeline

A Victorian Christmas

Victorian

What was Christmas like in the Victorian era?

Famous Victorians: Emily Bronte and Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Victorian

7 famous Victorians: from Brontë to Brunel