Foundation Documents from St Mary’s Abbey, York : 1085-1137, Hardcover by Sha…
In the wake of the Conqueror’s ravaging of the North in the course of the rebellion and Danish invasion of 1069-70 the devastated city of York had to be largely rebuilt. The community’s origins were not straightforward.
Nicholas Karn Foundation Documents from St Mary’s Abbey, York: 1085-1 (Hardback)
Author: Nicholas Karn. The community’s origins were not straightforward. Around 1085 the community was adopted by the king and translated to the western quarter of York, to a site which had previously been the “burh” of the earl of Northumbria.