Medieval History
Fashion medieval style is all the rage at Clifford?s Tower in York this summer thanks to a team of travellers from the past.
English Heritage is offering children the chance to dress up in replica costumes from the dark ages to get a taste of life in medieval York.
The time travellers will be giving an insight into medieval table, manners, etiquette, traditions, customs and even how the people of old York would have washed their clothes.
Click here to read this article from The York Press
See also our feature on Medieval Dress
- Medieval Flashmob To Rouse York Residents
Shoppers in York city centre will find themselves in the middle of a flashmob with a difference this weekend, as performing arts students stage impromptu medieval dance mobs. The event, planned for Parliament Street and St Helen?s Square, is being planned...
- Researchers Collect Dna From Men With Possible Links To York?s Viking Past
Men with Viking surnames filled the meeting room of New Earswick Folk Hall and queued to help research into the ethnic origins of the British people. Academics were collecting DNA from men with Viking names to see if they are directly descended from the...
- Costumes Fit For A King?and A Queen, Go On Display In York
If you?ve ever fancied yourself as the next dashing Mr Darcy or Elizabeth Bennett, Barley Hall in York is the place for you. The city?s medieval townhouse, Barley Hall, is host the first public appearance of costumes worn by Colin Firth and Helena Bonham...
- Fears That Fire Cover Changes Would Put York's Historic Buildings At Risk
A second conservation watchdog has claimed that proposed changes in York city centre fire cover will put medieval buildings at increased risk of destruction. The York Conservation Trust claims firefighters will take too long to get to fires in several...
- New Lessons From York?s Medieval Massacre
A major international conference next week will take a fresh perspective on one of the darkest episodes in English medieval history - the mass suicide and murder of Jewish men, women and children in York in 1190. The University of York?s Centre for Medieval...
Medieval History
Medieval fashions all the rage at Clifford?s Tower
Fashion medieval style is all the rage at Clifford?s Tower in York this summer thanks to a team of travellers from the past.
English Heritage is offering children the chance to dress up in replica costumes from the dark ages to get a taste of life in medieval York.
The time travellers will be giving an insight into medieval table, manners, etiquette, traditions, customs and even how the people of old York would have washed their clothes.
Click here to read this article from The York Press
See also our feature on Medieval Dress
- Medieval Flashmob To Rouse York Residents
Shoppers in York city centre will find themselves in the middle of a flashmob with a difference this weekend, as performing arts students stage impromptu medieval dance mobs. The event, planned for Parliament Street and St Helen?s Square, is being planned...
- Researchers Collect Dna From Men With Possible Links To York?s Viking Past
Men with Viking surnames filled the meeting room of New Earswick Folk Hall and queued to help research into the ethnic origins of the British people. Academics were collecting DNA from men with Viking names to see if they are directly descended from the...
- Costumes Fit For A King?and A Queen, Go On Display In York
If you?ve ever fancied yourself as the next dashing Mr Darcy or Elizabeth Bennett, Barley Hall in York is the place for you. The city?s medieval townhouse, Barley Hall, is host the first public appearance of costumes worn by Colin Firth and Helena Bonham...
- Fears That Fire Cover Changes Would Put York's Historic Buildings At Risk
A second conservation watchdog has claimed that proposed changes in York city centre fire cover will put medieval buildings at increased risk of destruction. The York Conservation Trust claims firefighters will take too long to get to fires in several...
- New Lessons From York?s Medieval Massacre
A major international conference next week will take a fresh perspective on one of the darkest episodes in English medieval history - the mass suicide and murder of Jewish men, women and children in York in 1190. The University of York?s Centre for Medieval...