Sarah Rees Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of York where she is based in the interdisciplinary postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies. For many years she has worked with archaeologists in York studying the material development of the city and she has also published broadly in the field of medieval urban social and cultural history.

Anyone with an interest in York will have to read this book.

• Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Landscapes of Lordship at the time of the Conquest: The Minster, the King, and the Earl ; 3. Landscapes of Lordship on the Eve of the Conquest: Lesser Landowners and their Urban Estates ; 4. The King, the Barons, and the Shire ; 5. Church Landlords ; 6. Householders, Civic Society, and Civic Government ; 7. Town and Country: Trade, Fairs, Markets, and Festivals ; 8. Domestic Property ; 9. Conclusion ; Bibliography

Sarah Rees Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of York where she is based in the interdisciplinary postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies. For many years she has worked with archaeologists in York studying the material development of the city and she has also published broadly in the field of medieval urban social and cultural history.

Anyone with an interest in York will have to read this book.

• Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Landscapes of Lordship at the time of the Conquest: The Minster, the King, and the Earl ; 3. Landscapes of Lordship on the Eve of the Conquest: Lesser Landowners and their Urban Estates ; 4. The King, the Barons, and the Shire ; 5. Church Landlords ; 6. Householders, Civic Society, and Civic Government ; 7. Town and Country: Trade, Fairs, Markets, and Festivals ; 8. Domestic Property ; 9. Conclusion ; Bibliography

Sarah Rees Jones is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of History at the University of York where she is based in the interdisciplinary postgraduate Centre for Medieval Studies. For many years she has worked with archaeologists in York studying the material development of the city and she has also published broadly in the field of medieval urban social and cultural history.

Anyone with an interest in York will have to read this book.

• Acknowledgements ; Abbreviations ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Landscapes of Lordship at the time of the Conquest: The Minster, the King, and the Earl ; 3. Landscapes of Lordship on the Eve of the Conquest: Lesser Landowners and their Urban Estates ; 4. The King, the Barons, and the Shire ; 5. Church Landlords ; 6. Householders, Civic Society, and Civic Government ; 7. Town and Country: Trade, Fairs, Markets, and Festivals ; 8. Domestic Property ; 9. Conclusion ; Bibliography