Domesday: The Inquest and the Book
Domesday Book is the oldest and most precious of the public records, but historians still disagree on its purpose. In arguing that the writing of Domesday Book was no part of the Domesday survey, this book proposed a solution to a riddle that will change our perception of the Norman Conquest and Norman kingship.
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Domesday: The Inquest and the Book
Domesday Book is the oldest and most precious of the public records, but historians still disagree on its purpose. In arguing that the writing of Domesday Book was no part of the Domesday survey, this book proposed a solution to a riddle that will change our perception of the Norman Conquest and Norman kingship.
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Domesday: The Inquest and the Book

Domesday: The Inquest and the Book

by David Roffe
Domesday: The Inquest and the Book

Domesday: The Inquest and the Book

by David Roffe

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Domesday Book is the oldest and most precious of the public records, but historians still disagree on its purpose. In arguing that the writing of Domesday Book was no part of the Domesday survey, this book proposed a solution to a riddle that will change our perception of the Norman Conquest and Norman kingship.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780198208471
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 05/11/2000
Pages: 302
Product dimensions: 9.52(w) x 6.44(h) x 0.95(d)

About the Author

University of Sheffield

Table of Contents

PrefaceThe Mystique of the BookDomesday and Title to LandThe Inquest and GovernmentThe TextsThe Collection of DataCommissioners and the Limits of their CommissionCircuit ReportsThe Writing of Great DomesdayThe Domesday Inquest and the Domesday BookAfterwordBibliographyIndex
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