History City

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 17: James VI&I, York and the Gunpowder Plot In this episode: York has learned to accommodate the stern guidance of the council of the North and endured the repression of its secret Catholics. However, England has grown tired of the ageing an...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 16: Recusants and martyrs In this episode: As the political and religious pendulum of Tudor England swings wildly back and forth, York – and in particular the Minster -- cannot escape. First a boy king, who is a radical protestant, then his sist...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 15: Henry VIII, York and the Dissolution of the Monasteries In this episode, conservative and traditionalist York is a patchwork of secular and religious institutions. Priories, Friaries, St Mary’s Abbey and St Leonard’s Hospital take up a large...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 14: Henry VII comes to town In this episode, we hear how the City of York - having publicly backed King Richard III prior to the Battle of Bosworth – has to face up to being on the losing side. The authorities grit their teeth for that awkward m...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 13: York and the Wars of the Roses, a delicate balancing act In this episode, we look at how Yorkshire – and in particular the City of York – became a crucial player in what the Victorians called The Wars of the Roses (thank you Walter Scott). W...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 12: 1400 to 1455 Rebellious bishops, bawdiness and feuding families In this episode, one king (Richard II) is deposed and another takes the throne. Henry IV uses York to display his power with a tournament that attracts attention from all over E...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 11 The wills of strong women, The Black Death and afterwards In this episode, people were making wills in the 1300s long before the Black Death arrived, but what do they say about them and what they had to leave behind? And as the need to write...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 10 York, Capital of England? In this episode we explore a dark chapter in York’s past, explain how Scotland made York – for one brief moment – the most important place in England, and look towards the thundering hooves of the Four Horsemen of th...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 9: York in the 1100s - A boom town in times of trouble Guests in this episode are Professor Sarah Rees Jones and Aleksandra McClain, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. The Spirit of York is embodied by Al...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 8: The Harrying of the North – York becomes a battleground Guests in this episode are Professor Sarah Rees Jones and Aleksandra McClain, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. Symeon of Durham’s words were re...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 7: 1066, Family feuds and a forgotten battle Guests in this episode are Professor Sarah Rees Jones, Independent Researcher, Chas Jones and Aleksandra McClain, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Archaeology at the University of York. Chas Jones...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 6: Slavery, the king-making archbishop and the end of independent York. Guests in this episode are: Alex Harvey from The Yorkshire Museum and Miranda Schmeiderer and Lucas Norton – hosts of That Jorvik Viking Thing podcast https://www.jorvikthin...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 5: The arrival of the Northmen and the discovery of Viking York’s lost street. Guests in this episode are: Alex Harvey from The Yorkshire Museum and Miranda Schmeiderer and Lucas Norton – hosts of That Jorvik Viking Thing podcast https://www.jor...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 4: Eboracum becomes Eoferwic. Christianity and Northumbrian kings. Guests in this episode are: Alex Harvey from The Yorkshire Museum and Dr Ailsa Mainman, author of Anglian York, published by Blackthorn Press (ISBN-10 : ‎1906259526, ISBN-13 ‏: ‎...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. Episode 3, Sub Roman York: What happened after the legions left. Guests in this episode are: Alex Harvey from The Yorkshire Museum and Dr Ailsa Mainman, author of Anglian York, published by Blackthorn Press (ISBN-10 : ‎1906259526, ISBN-13 ‏: ‎ 978-19062...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. In this episode, we meet the Romans as they arrive and establish the city of Eboracum, which dominated Northern Britain and learn how they changed it - and were changed themselves - during the 400 years of occupation. Guests in this episode are Steve Ro...

History City traces the story of York - possibly the second most important place in England - from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day. In this episode, Steve Roskams of York University's Archaeology department explains how an Ice Age glacial moraine made it possible for humans to settle and then for the Romans to arrive and set up a fortress which would become a city. We are guided by...