A History of the County of Yorkshire: the City of York

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A History of the County of Yorkshire: the City of York

Places: North

Subjects: Local history, Urban and metropolitan history

Sources: Victoria County History: Yorkshire (Secondary texts)

Sponsor: Victoria County History

Author: P.M. Tillott (editor)

Year published: 1961

Description: The volume takes both a chronological and a thematic approach to the history of the City of York from before the Norman Conquest to the twentieth century.

		Book pages	File size (Kb)
1	List of illustrations, maps, plans and figures	XI-XIII	21
2	Editorial Note	XV-XVI	13
3	East Riding of Yorks VCH Committee	XVII	10
4	Classes of documents used	XVIII	13
5	Note on abbreviations	XIX-XX	15
6	The City of York	1	10
7	Before the Norman Conquest	2-24	138
8	MEDIEVAL YORK - York in political history	25-9	35
9	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - York as centre of administration	29-30	19
10	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - York under the sheriffs of Yorkshire	30-1	13
11	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - The achievement of civic liberties	31-4	23
12	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - Government and customs	34-7	33
13	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - The city and ecclesiastical franchises	38-40	22
14	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - The population of the city	40-1	15
15	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - Occupations and distribution of wealth	41-7	43
16	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - The Jewish community	47-9	21
17	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - Owners of city property	49-51	19
18	The twelfth and thirteenth centuries - The aspect of the city	51-4	27
19	The later middle ages - Scottish and French Wars	54-9	44
20	The later middle ages - The Wars of the Roses	59-61	19
21	The later middle ages - Richard of Gloucester and Henry VII	61-5	33
22	The later middle ages - The city and the King	65-8	27
23	The later middle ages - The city and the ecclesiastical franchises	68-9	16
24	The later middle ages - The city's franchise and officers	69-75	47
25	The later middle ages - Courts, jurisdiction, City Council and Parliament	75-9	34
26	The later middle ages - City government and the Commonalty	80-4	32
27	The later middle ages - Economy and industrial prosperity	84-91	56
28	The later middle ages - Craft organisation and the Guilds	91-7	45
29	The later middle ages - Communications, markets and merchants	97-106	67
30	The later middle ages - City and citizens	106-13	48

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