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 Alison Willis.

Sarah Rees Jones’ book York The Making of a City 1068-1350 is published by Oxford University Press:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/york-9780198201946?cc=gb&lang=en&

Other internet rabbit holes to go down are:

The In Our Time Podcast

The Norman Yoke: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b009q7zm

Then History Hit’s Gone Medieval strand has several podcasts that cover what was going on in this period:

Henry I: https://podfollow.com/gone-medieval/episode/b2ca63c383bc789f6a671b4c8b0d3fdb6774bc68/view

Castles: https://podfollow.com/gone-medieval/episode/624ee3db45a8163d2c48e366b69e5f9f712227a8/view

The Anarchy and Empress Matilda: https://podfollow.com/gone-medieval/episode/f01e958fbe470c80edafa2c7ee663071165e5dd6/view

This episode of History City was made with the help of the Institute for the Public Understanding of the Past at the University of York. So thanks to IPUP's Director, Dr Victoria Hoyle and to researcher George Young.

The show was recorded and produced by Guy Morgan of Soundstagenorth.

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