Hidden In Plain Sight - Sarah Rees Jones

This talk by Professor Sarah Rees Jones, Department of History, University of York, will expose and explore some of extensive medieval archives relating to the medieval north (and particularly to Yorkshire) which remain largely unpublished and unexplored. The impact of the Black Death from 1349 led to remarkable increase in the creation and curation of written records documenting many aspects of daily life. So great is the volume of surviving material that, even now, these archives have not been completely explored.
The talk will range across the surviving archives of city, county, state and church focusing on examples relating to local responses to the impact of the pandemic. After touching the tip of the iceberg of their potential for exploring northern history, the lecture will also touch on ways in which public access to these resources might be improved in the future.