May 2015

Articles from the May 2015 issue of BBC History Magazine

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Second World War

Why Churchill’s reputation is still on the line

Catholics massacre Protestants in Ulster in a contemporary illustration. However, Catholics were also the victims of mass killings in 1641. (© Getty)

10 great misconceptions of the Civil War

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8 remarkable historical events that happened in May

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The history of… re-enacting battles

Lion Capital of the Pillars of Ashoka from Sarnath. (iStock / Getty Images Plus)

The many lives of India

Two survivors of the Lusitania disaster

First World War

Did Britain doom the Lusitania?

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My history hero: Jane Austen (1775–1817)

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General ancient history

My favourite place: The Great Wall of China

Merton College, Oxford.

History Explorer: Medieval universities

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The Library Britain: a nation of slave owners

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Books interview with David Starkey: “The Magna Carta of 1215 was designed to create a revolutionary regime”

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How to win an election

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First World War

In pictures: WWI submarines