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Yorkshire Tourism in the Eighteenth Century

Saturday 8 December 2012, 10.00AM

Speaker(s): Participants include: Ann-Marie Akehurst, John Bonehill, Oliver Cox, Mary Fairclough, Jonathan Finch, Harriet Guest, David Higgins, Robert Jones, and Emma Major

For much of the period 1700-1830 Britain was at war with at least one of its continental neighbours; possibilities for European travel were severely restricted, and tourism within Britain and Ireland flourished. What did this newly accessible and eagerly grasped freedom to roam mean to the domestic tourist; how did the pictorial representation of journeys or sites shape their sense of themselves or of the country in the crucial period of its transition to becoming a modern and united kingdom?

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Location: The King's Manor

Admission: Admission is free, but please email cecs1@york.ac.uk to let us know you will be attending.

Email: cecs1@york.ac.uk