CONTENTS FEBRUARY 2023
FEATURES
EVERY MONTH
20 Medieval marvels Ian Mortimer hails the staggering progress – in everything from medicine to exploration – achieved by our medieval ancestors
29 Histories of fear Kate Summerscale explores what five phobias reveal about our anxieties though the centuries
36 A golden age for women? Marion Turner on what Chaucer’s Wife of Bath can tell us about a time of great change for women
46 How the Holocaust began James Bulgin on how the German invasion of the Soviet Union triggered a policy of annihilation in eastern Europe
52 Forgotten Tudor voices Lucy Wooding profiles eight people whose experiences shed light on the challenges of life in the 16th century
59 The chaotic 17th century Jonathan Healey argues that people power drove the unrest that buffeted England in the age of Charles I and Oliver Cromwell
6 Anniversaries
The Conversation
11 Britain’s century of strike action 13 Michael Wood on the history of the home 14 Historical perspectives on the battle over US abortion rights 17 Hidden Histories The stor y of a little-known BBC presenter
18 Letters 42 Q&A History questions answered
Books
66 Interview: Caroline Dodds
Pennock on the Indigenous Americans who visited Europe after 1492 70 New history books reviewed
Encounters
7 7 Diary: What to see and do this month 82 Podcast: The weirdest masterpieces in art history 84 Explore: Hughenden Manor 86 Holidays: Bangkok, Thailand
88 Prize crossword
90 My histor y hero
Monica Ali picks Richard Burton
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