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September 2016

Articles from the September 2016 issue of BBC History Magazine

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The death of Domitian: how aristocrats conspired against the Roman emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Julian of Norwich holds her famous book in a sculpture at the doors of Norwich Cathedral. (Photo by Creative Commons Wiki)

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Julian of Norwich: Janina Ramirez hails 'the female Chaucer'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of King Henry V. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Henry V: 5 facts you might not know about the king's softer side. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Reinhard Heydrich’s brutality was shocking, even by Nazi standards. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Killing Hitler's hangman: the dramatic story of Reinhard Heydrich's assassination. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Detail of a Viking helmet from grave one at Vendel, Uppland, Sweden. In the 860s and 870s, the Vikings would bring war to England’s four kingdoms on a massive scale. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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The great Viking terror: how Norse warriors conquered the Anglo-Saxons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Maya Angelou was “the ultimate boundary-breaker”, says Naga Munchetty. (Photo by Craig Herndon/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

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My history hero: Maya Angelou (1928–2014). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

View of the Waterloo Gallery at Apsley House, London. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The LibraryHistory explorer: the Napoleonic Wars

Newcastle upon Tyne, 1877, published in the Illustrated London News. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

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The LibraryEngland’s northern soul

An engraving by Wenceslaus Hollar depicting Old St Paul's on fire during the Great Fire of London, 1666. Frantic efforts to fight the flames quickly turned into an equally fevered search for a scapegoat. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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The Library1666: when London burned with rage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry Cabot Lodge Jr (centre) at a UN Security Council meeting concerning the Suez crisis. (Photo by Lisa Larsen/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Blood and sand: Suez, Hungary and the crisis that shook the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Londoners read newspaper headlines about Britain's entry to the Common Market, January 1973. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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The reluctant Europeans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Johannes Vermeer's 'View of Delft’, 1661. (Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

Stuart

My favourite place: Delft, Netherlands