BBC History Magazine – January 2016

Medieval violence Hannah Skoda asks whether the Middle Ages were really as brutal as portrayed , New year’s resolutions Expert historians suggest the resolutions key historical !gures should have made , Was Edward II murdered? Ian Mortimer and Nicholas Vincent debate whether the body of evidence casts doubt over the king’s demise. War and Peace How closely does the epic novel re#ect Russian history? Sarah Hudspith compares fact with Tolstoy’s fiction.