History Revealed brings the past to life for everyone. It’s an action-packed, image-rich magazine with zero stuffiness. Each issue has a central section that takes a closer look at one of history’s big stories, such as the Wild West or Ancient Rome, telling everything you need to know. We also explore the lives of the truly famous, follow the great adventures of the past, taste the blood and thunder of battles, and look at how closely Hollywood blockbusters have told history. Plus, we answer questions about some of the more surprising and strange aspects of the past. If you want to get into history, subscribe today.
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THINGS WE LEARNED THIS MONTH.... • RECENT HISTORY HEADLINES THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE
Henry VIII impersonator • Mike Farley, aka ‘Good King Hal’
The Rillington Place Strangler faces justice • Daily Mirror, 1 April 1953
The Eiffel Tower is completed
YEAR IN FOCUS.... • SNAPSHOTS OF THE WORLD FROM ONE YEAR IN THE PAST
National Service in Britain
BEATING THE BLACK DEATH • The medieval era was a time of plagues, poxes and pestilence, when human understanding of disease was shaped by the movements of the planets in the night sky, and everyday infections often proved fatal. How did anyone survive it all? Elma Brenner explores the reality of medicine in the Middle Ages
Top of the pox • Was the Sweating Sickness more likely to be fatal than the bubonic plague? Is dysentry more or less painful than leprosy? Think of this as top trumps, but where the pox is only one of your worries...
The Black Death • The worst plague outbreak of them all was blamed on an inauspicious planetary alignment
Inside the medieval medicine cabinet • Aspirin and paracetomol are nowhere in sight; innards, on the other hand...
Medicine in the medieval monastery
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THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ARTHUR CRAVAN • Meet Oscar Wilde’s wild nephew – a poet, provocateur, anti-artist, dandy and chancer, who, as Pat Kinsella explores, survived a fight with a heavyweight world boxing champ, only to disappear without trace
JACK JOHNSON • There was only ever going to be one winner when Arthur Cravan got in the ring with the long-time, barrier-breaking champ
SHOCK ARTISTS • Arthur Cravan made a living out of being a provocateur, but in the art world he was a critic. Meet the artists at the epicentre of shocking artistic movements in the 20th century
WARS OF THE ROSES THE LAST BATTLE STOKE FIELD, 16 JUNE 1487 • Henry VII took to the battlefield one last time in 1487 to challenge an imposter posing as Richard III’s nephew. How close was he to losing his crown? Julian Humphrys explores this bitter clash of steel
BATTLE BRIEF
WHO WAS THE SKELETON AT THE TABLE?
WARBECK: PRINCE OR IMPOSTER?
GRAPHIC HISTORY NUCLEAR TESTING • Explore the arms race that spurred on the Cold War and created a threat that still looms large today
FROM BALLROOM TO BATTLEFIELD • The Duchess of Richmond’s soirée on 15 June 1815 might have been lost to time – had it not fallen just days before the climactic Battle of Waterloo. Felicity Day explores that fateful night...
AN INVITATION TO THE BALL...
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HOW THE NAZIS STOLE THE SWASTIKA • It became a symbol of hatred and fear in the 20th century, but that belies its long history as a sign of fortune and hope. Jonny Wilkes explains how the swastika came to be both reviled and revered
SWASTIKAS FROM SPACE? • There are many theories about the longevity of the swastika, including an astronomical one
ADOPTING THE SWASTIKA • Throughout history, the swastika has been deployed as a symbol of peace and prosperity - from...