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APRIL 2023 <\/h4>\n\n

In this issue\u2026<\/h2>\n\n

You only have to browse the TV schedules or the shelves of your local book shop to appreciate our enormous fascination with crime. Whether in fact or fiction, we can\u2019t stop devouring tales of lawbreakers and those who seek to bring them to justice. And this is no new phenomenon: criminal misdeeds have enthralled our ancestors for centuries \u2013 the more shocking, the better. In this month\u2019s magazine we\u2019re taking an in-depth look at the history of crime <\/strong>(and punishment), examining notorious debtors\u2019 prisons<\/a>, <\/strong>the stories of female killers<\/a>, <\/strong>and the remarkable tale of a 19th-century outlaw<\/a>. <\/strong>Also check out the visit to a historic jail<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>in our regular Explore <\/em>piece. <\/p>\n\n

Meanwhile, April\u2019s cover feature takes us back to the medieval era and the second largest empire in world history. The Mongols\u2019 conquests <\/a><\/strong>were both astonishing and terrifying, but after the battles were over, what was it like to live under their rule? Nicholas Morton reveals how subject peoples sought to navigate the challenges of imperial domination. <\/p>\n\n

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Finally, this month we\u2019re launching a new regular feature where a historian selects five sites that illuminate a city\u2019s history. We begin this issue with Eleanor Janega on Prague<\/a><\/strong>, and if you\u2019d like to discover more about the city \u2013 and the others in the series \u2013 then do check out our accompanying podcasts at historyextra.com\/greatest-cities<\/a>. <\/em>I hope you enjoy these explorations, and do please write in to let us know what you think. <\/p>\n\n

Rob Attar<\/strong>, <\/span>Editor<\/span><\/h5>\n\n
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Three things I\u2019ve learned this month<\/h4>\n\n
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1. <\/span>How did frogs spawn?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

In this month\u2019s Q&A <\/em>I was amazed to discover that an 18th-century scientist had dressed male frogs in trousers to determine how the amphibians reproduced. <\/span><\/p>\n\n

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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2.<\/span> Cashflow problems <\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Alexander Wakelam\u2019s piece on debtors\u2019 prisons is filled with fascinating revelations, including the (to me) surprising fact that most inmates in these jails were middle class, rather than the working poor. <\/span><\/p>\n\n

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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3.<\/span> First place for the second city<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n\n

Before reading Richard Vinen\u2019s article this issue, I\u2019d not realised that, thanks to its local leadership, Birmingham was once described as \u201cthe best governed city in the world\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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ON THE COVER: BATTLE BETWEEN THE MONGOL AND JIN JURCHEN ARMIES IN NORTH CHINA IN 1211: GETTY-IMAGES. CRISTIANA EDMUNDS\/ NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FRANCE. THIS PAGE: ALAMY\/GETTY IMAGES\/ CHARLES MORIARTY\/BRIDGEMAN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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