October 2019

Expert history articles from the October 2019 issue of BBC History Magazine

A portrait of Russian empress Catherine the Great

Georgian

Hypocrite, reactionary, usurper, sex maniac: is Catherine the Great's reputation justified?

Jan Žižka, the general whose peasant army defied the Holy Roman Empire in the 1420s.

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Christ’s communists: the radical religious sect that challenged the Holy Roman Empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chancellor Adolf Hitler with President Paul von Hindenburg, Berlin, 1 May 1933

Second World War

Hitler's millionaire backers: how Germany's elite facilitated the rise of the Nazis

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Sir Max Hastings: “While the Dambuster raid’s strategic impact was almost nil, its propaganda value was immense”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Henri III: Elizabeth I’s unlikely ally. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Crusaders defeat the Turks at Dorylaeum in 1097, as shown in a 14th-century illumination

Medieval

Crusaders: did they fight for God or gold?

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ExploreA masterpiece of Gothic grandeur: the Church of St Mary, Warwick. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Akershus Festning in Oslo, Norway

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TravelExplore Oslo, Norway: Myths, Munch and fjord-side strolls. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History heroJulia Bradbury chooses Amelia Earhart (1897–1937). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.