June 2018

Articles from the June 2018 issue of BBC History Magazine

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, illustrated sitting on a throne

Anglo-Saxon

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings

Battle of Barnet: This lively, if inaccurate, 15th- century illustration of the shows a coronet- wearing Edward skewering Warwick with his lance

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The battle of Barnet, 1471: the Wars of the Roses clash that killed the Kingmaker. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The wrecked remains of an Allied glider that participated in Market Garden

Second World War

Why Operation Market Garden, the Allies' battle for Arnhem, was a disaster in the planning

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A bite-sized history of teeth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Georgian painting depicting children leaving for school

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The Georgian guide to perfect parenting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 14th-century Flemish illustration depicting the burying of plague victims in coffins in Tournai in 1349. (Photo by Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Black Death: “Oh father, why have you abandoned me?”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Where history happened: Georgian fossil hunting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Modern

My favourite place: Bruges, Belgium

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My history hero: Aled Jones chooses Freddie Mercury (1946–91). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting depicting the battle of the White Mountain

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Europe’s apocalypse: the Thirty Years' War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.