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December 2020
December 2020
Expert history articles from the December 2020 issue of BBC History Magazine
Georgian
Regency inequality: the gap between rich and poor in Georgian Britain
Second World War
Hitler and Stalin’s utopian dreams
Medieval
The love lives of medieval queens
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20th Century
“To destroy a library is to erase part of the cultural memory of humankind”: Margaret MacMillan on war
General ancient history
The voices of China: 5 perspectives on an extraordinary past
Viking
Inside the Viking mind: the view of the Vikings’ world from 5 perspectives
20th Century
History hero
Gillian Burke chooses George Washington Carver (c1864–1943)
Georgian
The colonial secrets of Britain’s stately homes
General Modern
David Olusoga
“Desks went from a niche furniture item to the work station of millions”
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Norman
The White Ship disaster
"The most disastrous moment in British maritime history"