October 2008 cover

October 2008

Articles from the October 2008 issue of BBC History Magazine

A portrait of young Queen Victoria wearing a tiara

Victorian

The young Queen Victoria’s struggle to gain the throne

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Canossa: a medieval clash between church and state. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 14th-century illustration showing medieval butchery. (Photo by Prisma/UIG via Getty Images)

Medieval

The medieval marketplace: a time traveller’s guide to shopping in the Middle Ages

A group of skaters on a frozen-over backwater of the River Thames at Abingdon, 1895. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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A brief history of climate change warnings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Simon Schama on American history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.