October 2012

Articles from the October 2012 issue of BBC History Magazine

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Living in sin: unmarried relationships in Victorian Britain

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How Britain got the bomb

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The Library Christianity under Roman rule: a new church is born

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Tudors in America: how England’s New World colonies came into being

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - AUGUST 11: British politician and writer Paddy Ashdown poses during a portrait session held at Edinburgh Book Festival on August 11, 2007 in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Photo by Marco Secchi/Getty Images)

Second World War

My history hero: ‘Blondie’ Hasler (1914–87)

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The Library The scandal of female miners in 19th-century Britain

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The Library Where history happened: a history of disability

Nazi leader Adolf Hitler sits at a table facing a group of young uniformed National Socialists crowded into a small room in the 'Braune Haus' or Brown House, Munich, Germany, c1935. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

The dark charisma of Adolf Hitler

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'Maxentius kommt um'

Rˆmisches Reich / Schlacht an der Mil-
vischen Br¸cke, 28.Oktober 312 (Kaiser
Kaiser Konstantin d.Gr. siegt ¸ber den
Gegenkaiser Maxentius).
- 'Maxentius kommt um'. -
Kupferstich von Matth‰us Merian d.ƒ.
(1593-1650). Aus: Johann Ludwig Gott-
fried, Historische Chronica, Frankfurt
a.M. (M.Merian) 1630, S.372.

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'Maxentius is killed'

Roman Empire / Battle at the Milvian
Bridge, 28 October 312 (Emperor Constan-
tin the Great defeats Maxentius).
- 'Maxentius is killed'. -
Copper engraving by Matth‰us Merian t.E.
(1593-1650). From: Johann Ludwig Gott-
fried, Historische Chronica, Frankfurt
a.M. (M.Merian) 1630, p.372.

A big day in history: “A cross of light” leads Constantine to victory

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General prehistory

5 big questions in global history

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Ye olde travel guide: Dublin AD 1000