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This book is an outstanding achievement that will be warmly welcomed by historians in the North of England and by urban historians throughout the land. This book will remain the standard version of the history of medieval York for years to come David Hey, Northern History Palliser's masterful study reveals the richness and complexity of medieval urban life ... Recommended. CHOICE

Palliser's survey of England's best-known and quintessentially medieval city of York binds classic and recent historical studies with newer archaeological evidence, providing a sweeping but never superficial account of urban change over nine centuries... Palliser's masterful study reveals the richness and complexity of medieval urban life through his command of a vast variety of sources and the scholarship that interprets them --CHOICE

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D.M. Palliser, a native of York, taught at the universities of Keele, Birmingham, Hull, and Leeds, before retiring in 2004. He is now Honorary Visiting Professor in History at the University of York and Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Leeds. He has been researching and publishing on the city of York for nearly fifty years, and has also worked on the broader subject of medieval and early modern urban history. His publications include Tudor York (1979) and Volume I of the authoritative Cambridge Urban History of Britain, as well as numerous articles on the city.

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