At dusk on the evening of 29 December 1170, the archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, was brutally murdered in the half-light of his cathedral by four knights. It was the violent conclusion of a long-running struggle between king and archbishop – and was, suggests historian Richard Barber, chiefly fuelled by a clash of personalities…
Today, we associate New Year's Eve with raucous and optimistic parties, followed the next day by hungover resolutions to change our ways in the months ahead. But New Year celebrations haven't always been so. James Daybell and Sam Willis offer some curious historical facts to see us into 2021…
Do you know your Richard the Lionheart from your Richard III? Test your knowledge of kings and queens past with our quiz on all things monarchy. Written by BBC History Magazine sub-editor Rhiannon Davies...
What kind of New Year's Resolutions might people have made in the past? Leading historians reveal how pivotal years in the lives of eight major figures – from Anne Boleyn to Josef Stalin – could have turned out better, if only they had resolved to change their ways...
From Bangkok to Bombay, Charles Sobhraj left a trail of destruction wherever he ventured. Ahead of BBC drama The Serpent airing on BBC One on New Year's Day, Nige Tassell reveals the story of the brazen career criminal who graduated from petty theft to cold-blooded murder...
All Viking warriors hope for a glorious death in battle so they reach Valhalla – or at least, that is what pop culture would have us believe. But what is Valhalla? We asked Professor Carolyne Larrington to guide us through the Viking afterlife…
This week on the HistoryExtra podcast: Hannah Greig, historian and etiquette advisor to new Netflix show Bridgerton, joins us to talk about the historical detail that can be found in the drama; historian Lauren Johnson answers questions about the Wars of the Roses; and Colin Grant tells the stories of postwar immigrants who moved to Britain from the Caribbean...
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