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This Medieval City Was a Viking Fortress, a Wool-trading Center, and a Railway Hub — and Now It's the Perfect History-focused Getaway
The City Wall and York Minster in York, England during sunset ...
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The Last Kingdom: What Happened To England After Uhtred's Death (Did Alfred's Dream Survive?)
Both kings had to contend with a northern uprising, which threw Wessex's control of York into dispute ... Until 959, and as portrayed in The Last Kingdom, Viking invasion was a constant threat ...
York was nearly a ‘city of vicars’ instead of a 'city of Vikings'
“We said ‘we have this marvellous excavation of the Roman legionary fortress ... recently formed York Archaeological Trust ...