January 2014

Articles from the January 2014 issue of BBC History Magazine

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The history of the calendar

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The Library Has history been unfair to Charles I?

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Mandela: the 20th century’s greatest leader?

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Hl.Ludwig, Marie de Blois u.a. / 1425

Le Mans (Frankreich, DÈp. Sarthe),
Kathedrale Saint-Julien
(Fassade u.Langhaus 11./12.Jh.; Quer-
schiff u. Chor 13.Jh.).
- Nˆrdl. Fensterrose (1425; Ausschn.):
Hl.Ludwig (IX.,Kg.v.Frankreich; rechts
oben); Marie de Blois (Mutter v.Ludwig
II. v.Anjou) u. Yolande d'Aragon (dessen
Gemahlin; rechts unten). - Foto.

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Saint Louis, Marie de Blois, ... / 1425.

Le Mans (France, DÈp. Sarthe),
CathÈdrale St-Julien du Mans
(facade and nave 11th/12th; transept and
choir 13th century).
- Northern rose window (1425; detail):
Saint Louis (Louis IX of France, top
right), Marie de Blois (mother of Louis
II of Anjou) & Yolande of Aragon (bottom
right). - / Photo.

My history hero: Yolanda of Aragon (d1442)

(Illustration: Jonty Clark for BBC History Magazine)

Ye olde travel guide: Turin, 1887

Historian Miles Russell.

History explorer: Extravagance in Roman Britain

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Crusading for God and gold

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First World War

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

Anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress (ANC) member Nelson Mandela (C, L) and his wife Winnie raise fists upon Mandela's release from Victor Verster prison on February 11, 1990 in Paarl. AFP PHOTO ALEXANDER JOE (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER JOE/AFP/Getty Images)

10 photographs that made history

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The Library Acts of union and disunion

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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)

Can Britain make nuclear power work this time around?