Christmas 2012 cover

Christmas 2012

Articles from the Christmas 2012 issue of BBC History Magazine

A Roman relief showing a market scene

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A handbook to shopping in ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pevensey Castle, England. First fortified by the Romans, William the Conqueror famously landed his army there in 1066 and a Norman castle was developed during the century after the Norman Conquest. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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The LibraryQ&A: How did the Normans learn to build castles?

Medieval ploughmen ploughing with oxen

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The dark side of the Anglo-Saxons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First Textbook

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Toys and games that killed in Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Mayan funeral mask, made from jadeite and shell

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The Maya and the apocalypse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries by Jacques-Louis David

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Napoleon's great cultural charade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A view of Lindisfarne Castle, where a former priory became a naval depot. (Getty Images)

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Where history happened: the Tudor navy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ye olde travel guide: Philadelphia 1774. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Victorian trade in dead bodies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Robert Louis Stevenson, the 19th-century English poet and novelist perhaps best known for his books 'Treasure Island' and the 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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My history hero: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.