18/03/2026
Together with the Chapter of York, we present a new book celebrating one of the greatest surviving English works of art of the late medieval era.
: Rediscovering a Miraculous Narrative follows the life and miracles of St William of York, a controversial twelfth-century archbishop whose shrine within the Minster became the focus of a major medieval miracle cult. The modern conservation of the window, which was underpinned by ground-breaking historical research, has enabled the unravelling of its complex narrative and allowed the conserved glass to be reassembled correctly for the first time since the window’s creation. This remarkable conservation story has never previously been told.
A sister publication to our previous book. Hardback copies available exclusively from the York Minster Bookshop, paperback copies can be bought via the link in our bio.
