August 2020

Expert articles from the August 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine

National Woman’s Party activists sew a star onto their ‘ratification flag'

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Why we should remember…The 19th amendment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Brothers in arms Louis IX on his way to the Seventh Crusade, 1248. The French king kept his three brothers onside – preventing any potential family infighting – by providing them with huge lordships. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

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How to run a medieval dynasty: survival secrets of ruling royal families. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Workers repair Fleet sewer in 1854. London’s creaking sewer network sparked anxieties over what lay beneath the sprawling capital. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Living in fear: the dangers of Victorian London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Marble bust of Nero

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Rethinking Nero: was the Roman emperor really so bad?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life in bondage Formerly enslaved African-Americans sit for a photograph in Virginia, c1850. At that time, 4 million people were still enslaved across the US, as debates around abolition raged on both sides of the Atlantic (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)

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The black abolitionists who shocked Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Magic stone in Laraibina village in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea on September 27, 2009. This magic stone is hidden in a tree in Laraibina village. It is very useful to call the rain or to make some magic actions on people. It is forbidden to touch it, only the witch doctor can hold it. The same kind of stones exists in Vanuatu. (Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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A sweeping history of magic – from witchcraft to shamanism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian heroine Grace Darling (1815–1842) with her father, lighthouse keeper William Darling. They are rowing from the Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands off Northumberland, to rescue the passengers of the stricken ship 'SS Forfarshire'. (Photo by Nigel Dobinson/Getty Images)

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History heroMiriam Stoppard chooses Grace Darling (1815–1842). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A contemporary painting shows Parisians seizing weapons from the Hôtel des Invalides on 14 July 1789, ahead of the storming of the Bastille later that day. Before revolution swept through Paris, peasants across the country were abolishing a whole social order from below.

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The French Revolution: a tale of two revolutions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black Lives Matter activists in Seattle, June 2020. “Accounts of the past have failed to properly address persecution,” says Peter Frankopan. (Photo by David Ryder/Getty Images)

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Interview: Peter Frankopan on the state of global history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chew Valley Hoard

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Unburied treasures: the 10 greatest discoveries made by the British public. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.