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January 2014

Articles from the January 2014 issue of BBC History Magazine

A portrait of Charles I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
Stuart

Has history been unfair to Charles I?

(Image by Bettmann/Getty)
20th Century

10 photographs that made history

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Georgian

The history of the calendar

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Nelson Mandela
20th Century

Mandela: the 20th century’s greatest leader?

A stained glass depiction of Yolande of Aragon. (Creative Commons)
Medieval

My history hero: Yolanda of Aragon (d1442)

(Illustration: Jonty Clark for BBC History Magazine)
20th Century

Ye olde travel guide: Turin, 1887

Historian Miles Russell.
Roman

History explorer Extravagance in Roman Britain: a visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace

Pillage of Jerusalem
Medieval

Crusading for God and gold

Troops on a night raid during the First World War
First World War

Jeremy Paxman: “The war finished Britain off in many respects”

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Author Linda Colley.
20th Century

Acts of union and disunion

The Great Ulster Rally in Hyde Park, April 1914.
First World War

1914: Why the war caught Britain cold

The front cover of a 1924 edition of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'
Second World War

Beyond the Hitler diaries

Protesters behind the perimeter fence at Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Station. (Photo by London News Pictures/REX)
General Modern

Can Britain make nuclear power work this time around?