CITY LIFE YORK

City life York looks at the birth of the city that was to deliver Roman emperors into power and see kings crowned within its city walls. At the very heart of the battles between rivals cultures from Celts to Romans and Saxons to Vikings and finally the Normans... York was once the capital of England itself when the country was governed from the city. Explore the long history of a city that was forged by many peoples who settled in the region attracted by the transport links via the river that connected York to the North sea and the continent and markets beyond...