December 2006

Articles from the December 2006 issue of BBC History Magazine

Watercolor Painting Depicting Battle of Agincourt (Photo by © Historical Picture Archive/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Turning points1415: The battle of Agincourt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Merry Christmas' Victorian illustration of Santa Claus holding toys and blowing on a trumpet, chromolithograph, 1915. (Illustration by GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

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Father Christmas and Santa Claus: a brief history of two Christmas champions

American socialite Wallis Simpson

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The vilification of Wallis Simpson: how Edward VIII's mistress was savaged by society. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.