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The 17 pages that link to York, each with the reason it gives.

• DanelawBroader topic: Jórvík was the most prominent urban center of Viking rule in the north.

• W. H. AudenRelated: Auden’s childhood in York supplied early landscapes and memories that recur in his writing.

• Septimius SeverusBroader topic: Severus died at Eboracum while campaigning in Britain in 211 CE.

• Harald HardradaRelated: Harald’s forces captured the city after defeating English troops at Fulford.

• YorkshireRelated: York was Yorkshire’s historic county town and gave the county its name.

• LeedsCompared with: York’s heritage-focused profile contrasts with Leeds’s larger commercial and industrial character.

• ÆthelstanRelated: Æthelstan's acquisition of York in 927 brought the last major Viking kingdom in England under his rule.

• Alcuin of YorkNarrower topic: York’s cathedral school formed the scholarly world Alcuin brought to the Frankish court.

• Harrying of the NorthBroader topic: York was a focal point of northern resistance and repeated fighting.

• Upper CanadaBroader topic: Simcoe’s choice of York gave the colony a new political center.

• Ivar the BonelessBroader topic: The Vikings captured York in 866, making it a key center in their conquest of Northumbria.

• Meriwether LewisRelated: York’s labor and observations contributed to the journey, though he had no freedom to choose his role.

• EadredBroader topic: Control of York was essential to establishing English authority in Northumbria.

• Halfdan RagnarssonBroader topic: The Viking conquest of York established the power base for Halfdan’s rule in Northumbria.

• Battle of FulfordRelated: The Norwegian advance secured York shortly after the English defeat.

• Clive DunnRelated: Dunn was born in York in 1920.

• Viking activity in the British IslesBroader topic: It became a major political center and trading town under Viking rule.