Searching for the Norman Conquest: The Domesday Book and a 1,000-Mile Journey Across Britain

A vivid narrative history across a 1,000-mile journey on foot, Searching for the Norman Conquest opens a window onto the English cultural landscape of the eleventh century.

What was the eleventh-century Domesday Book?

It is now is one of the most significant historical documents from medieval England, providing a fascinating window onto the economic and socio-cultural landscape of England at the time. In the eleventh century, it was an in-depth survey commissioned by William the Conqueror, ...