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October 2012

Articles from the October 2012 issue of BBC History Magazine

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Living in sin: unmarried relationships in Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nuclear bomb test. (OFF/AFP/Getty Images)

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How Britain got the bomb. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A ceiling fresco depicting Christ. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Christianity under Roman rule: a new church is born. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A coloured engraving from the 16th century depicting Walter Ralegh's arrival in Virginia. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Tudors in America: how England's New World colonies came into being. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler (left) pictured with Bill Sparks and Mary Lindell. It was "his ability to take ordinary men and give them the confidence and skills to do extraordinary things" that made him a hero, says Paddy Ashdown. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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My history hero: ‘Blondie’ Hasler (1914–87). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The scandal of female miners in 19th-century Britain

Hampton Court Palace

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The LibraryWhere history happened: a history of disability. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

The dark charisma of Adolf Hitler

Antique double-hemisphere map of the world, complete with landscapes and mythological scenes. (GraphicaArtis/Getty Images)

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5 big questions in global history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A relief showing Emperor Constantine's over Maxentius at the battle of Milvian Bridge. (Prisma/UIG/Getty Images)

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A big day in history: “A cross of light” leads Constantine to victory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

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Ye olde travel guide: Dublin AD 1000. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.