History Revealed

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

Project manager at the Sutton Hoo Ship’s Company

East End matchgirls walk out on strike

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OTHER ANNIVERSARIES • A LOOK BACK AT OTHER EVENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN JULY THROUGHOUT HISTORY

PARANORMAL COLD CASE INVESTIGATING HISTORY’S MOST SPINE-CHILLING ENCOUNTERS • BBC Radio’s Danny Robins speaks to a woman who saw her bedridden best friend appear to her in a park – at the exact moment that she passed away

The history of the SAS

The poetry and protest of Siegfried Sassoon • He is remembered as one of the greatest poets of his generation. But what drove Siegfried Sassoon to decry the horrors of World War I so publicly, even when he risked facing the wrath of his own side?

YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CRIME AND PUNISHMENT • From gruesome medieval executions to the creation of the nation’s first professional police force, discover the fascinating history of law and order in Britain with our handy guide

HISTORICAL CONSULTANT FOR THIS MONTH’S ESSENTIAL GUIDE

SEVEN CENTURIES OF LAW AND ORDER • From the introduction of jury trials to the abolition of the death penalty, we chart the evolution of crime and punishment in the British Isles

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CRIME AND PUNISHMENT • Crime historian Dr Nell Darby answers key questions about the evolution of law and order in the British Isles

KEEPING THE PEACE • With no formal police force, maintaining law and order in medieval and Tudor England was very much a community affair

THREE BIZARRE MEDIEVAL CRIMES • These innocuous acts would have landed you in trouble during the Middle Ages...

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GODLY BUTCHERY • In medieval England, the crime of treason was so heinous that it required a punishment that would horrify as much as it would deter. Dr Rebecca Simon discusses a method of execution reserved only for the worst of the worst

BIZARRE LAWS • From walking cows to beating rugs, how many of these offences have you committed?

A BLOODY NEW CHAPTER • After decades of discord, the lawmakers of early modern England took drastic new measures to make sure that citizens stayed in line

THREE EARLY MODERN PUNISHMENTS • Public humiliation was par for the course when it came to disciplining people for their transgressions

BANISHED TO A LAND DOWN UNDER • Rather than fill the prisons or issue the death penalty, judges chose to ship tens of thousands of convicts to Australia

THE CASE OF: MINA JURY

BRITAIN’S BIGGEST HEISTS • We reveal the eye-watering statistics behind the most audacious art thefts and bank raids in recent British history

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THE VICTORIAN FORM OF JUSTICE • Fears of a criminal class in industrial city slums inspired more prisons and the creation of the first police forces

GETTING INTO UNIFORM • Glasgow, not London, was the birthplace of Britain’s first professional police force

6 THINGS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT THE GREAT BRITISH ‘BOBBY’ • We explore a selection...