There is nothing 'little' about the history of England's largest county, Yorkshire! However, this small volume condenses a rich history into a collection of stories and facts that will make you marvel at the events this county has witnessed. From its Roman heritage through to the Industrial Revolution and beyond, discover the development of the woolen industry in and around Leeds, the coal, textile and steel industries in Sheffield and Rotherham, and the rise of spa towns at Harrogate and Scarborough. Take a journey through Yorkshire's historic struggles and celebrations or jump in to the era of your choice to discover the who, what and why of our county's history.
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The Little History of Yorkshire
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 In the Beginning
- 2 Prehistory
- 3 The Bronze Age
- 4 The Iron Age
- 5 The Romans
- 6 The Anglo-Saxons
- 7 The Vikings
- 8 The Normans
- 9 Plenty and Disaster, Twelfth–Fourteenth centuries
- 10 The Later Middle Ages, 1400–1485
- 11 The Early Tudors, 1485–1547
- 12 Elizabethan and Jacobean Yorkshire
- 13 The Civil Wars
- 14 Years of Expansion, 1680–1780
- 15 The Industrial Revolution, 1780–1850
- 16 The Height of Empire
- 17 The Twentieth Century
- Afterword
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