Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Tudor Troubles Two
The Tudor dynasty was a religious ro...
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Catholic Resistance
Some Catholic scholars, exiled on th...
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After the Dissolution
Suddenly some of York’s magnif...
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A Regional Capital
The abolition of the Council in the...
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Impact of the Reformation
Henry VIII's reformation of the chur...
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Viking
The Vikings are easily reduced to a...
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Life in Elizabethan York
In many respects the Elizabethan per...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- The Minster in the 19th Century
- Church of St Helen
- Gold Arm Ring
- The Abbot's House
- The Medieval Castle
- Monk Bar
- Minster Library
- The Debtors' Prison
- King Edward I and York
- The Cawood Sword
- Seal of Snarrus the Tax Collector
- St Crux's Church
- The County Court House
- The Black Death
- York and the Jacobite Rebellions
- York Central Library
- Tombstone of a Roman Soldier