Publisher's Synopsis
In AD 43 the Roman commander of the Ninth Legion, Quintus Petillius Cerialis established a camp on the banks of the River Ouse on the site of what is now the city of York. During the period of Roman occupation, York of "Eboracum" became the capital of "Britannia Inferior" and one of the most important towns in the province of Britain.;Over the centuries York became the powerful Viking city of Jorvik, and throughout the medieval period it maintained its position as political centre of the North of England. Today it is a bustling modern city with a population of over 100,000 and because of the way the past has been uniquely preserved, York is the second most visited city in Britain after London in terms of tourism. R.K. Booth describes at various periods of its past and devotes separate chapters to York's famous Minster, and to its many medieval churches, as well as to the secular buildings and to the city's defences.
