A Traveller's History of York and Yorkshire

York has been the most important northern English city for many centuries. During the Roman era it had the privileged status of being one of the five colonia in Britain. Later the Anglo-Saxons colonised York and the powerful Northumbrian kings made York their base. In 735 York became the see of the northern archbishopric and has remained so ever since. This in-depth study of York and Yorkshire's history will be scholarly and entertaining, and explain how the Romans, Vikings and medieval masons left their marks on the city.