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A. (Arthur) Clutton-Brock. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of York
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of York
Table of Contents
GENERAL PREFACE
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I. HISTORY OF THE SEE AND CITY
CHAPTER II. HISTORY OF THE BUILDING
CHAPTER III. THE EXTERIOR
CHAPTER IV. THE INTERIOR
CHAPTER V. THE ARCHBISHOPS OF YORK
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A. Clutton-Brock
A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Archi-Episcopal See
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As in London, there are few remains of Roman masonry above ground, and this is but natural, for the city has been burnt and destroyed, wholly or partially, many times; and there is no doubt that Roman buildings were used, as in Rome and other cities, as a quarry for later erections.
York is historically connected with several of the emperors. Two of them, Severus and Constantius Chlorus, died there, and Constantine the Great, the son of the latter, was hailed emperor at York, if it was not the scene of his birth. At York also were the headquarters of two of the legions, the 9th and the 6th; and there is little doubt that in course of time it came to be regarded as the capital of the island. In fact, according to Professor Freeman (Macmillan's Magazine, Sept. 1876), "Eburacum holds a place which is unique in the history of Britain, which is shared by only one other city in the lands north of the Alps (Trier, Augusta Trevirorum)." We learn little of the history of York from Roman historians, and next to nothing of the early Christian Church. There is mention of York at rare intervals, when it became connected with the general history of the empire. For instance, in 208, Severus was in York, and it became for a time the headquarters of the court.
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