Description
York explores the archaeology, art, architecture and cultural heritage of the city in the late Middle Ages.
In the years since the resurrection of the British Archaeological Association conference in 1976, the association has met in the city only once (in 1988), for a conference that celebrated Yorkshire Monasticism. As a consequence, the secular and vernacular architecture as well as the architecture, art and imagery of York Minster were excluded from its scope, something redressed in the meeting that took place in 2017. As many recent publications have focused on York in the earlier medieval period, this book shines a much-needed light on the city in the later medieval ages. Starting with a range of essays on York Minster by authors directly involved in major conservation projects undertaken in the last ten years, the book also includes information on the vernacular architecture and transport infrastructure of York, as well as the parochial and material culture of the period.
Illuminating the extensive resources for the study of the late Middle Ages in England’s second capital, this book provides new research on this important city and will be suitable for researchers in medieval archaeology, art history, literature and material culture.
Table of Contents
- The shrines of St William of York reconstructed
- The patronage of the chapter-house in York Minster
- The chapter-house roof of York Minster
- York Minster at the time of the Black Death: the stained glass and chantry-chapel of Archbishop Zouche
- The constructional context of the Great East Window at York Minster
- Looking for John Thornton: the Great East Window of York Minster revisited
- Archaeology and the investigation of vernacular buildings in late edieval York
- Medieval Yorkshire roads, bridges and York merchants
- The early-sixteenth-century stained-glass programme of St Michael-le-Belfrey, York
- The material world of the York plays
Stuart Harrison
Hilary Moxon
Julian Munby
Christopher Norton
Alexander Holton
Sarah Brown
Gareth Dean and Jayne Rimmer
David Harrison
Lisa Reilly and Mary B. Shepard
Richard Beadle
