How and why was Domesday made?

This article offers a new interpretation of the Domesday survey, drawing upon a collaborative study of its earliest surviving manuscript, Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3500 (Exon). It identifies five principal stages: first, the survey was launched at Gloucester in midwinter 1085; secondly, fiscal inf...

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Main Author: Baxter, S
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2020