when does it date from and who wrote it, also is it an important book.
2006-08-03 20:14:46 · 8 answers · asked by Jimbobarino 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
sorry for punctuation in question- comma should be an apostrophe.
2006-08-03 20:16:44 · update #1
The original Domesday Book was merely a record of all properties in the Realm of Britain, a summary ordered by William the Conqueror after seizing the nation in 1066. The book was completed by 1072 and updated periodically, 1086 is a stand out date. Simply put William wanted a concise record of what he now owned by virtue of being Crowned King of England. If you like ancient statistics it is a wonderful book a look at a distant time a not not all that different from the present time despite technology. The authors were assorted clerks few of them identified. Can anyone identify the Yahoo Official who over sees this Q & A? Pen pushers get scant credit.
2006-08-03 22:40:42 · answer #1 · answered by JVHawai'i 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
All you need to know on the link
Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror. The survey was similar to a census by a government of today. William needed information about the country he had just conquered so he could administer it.
I dont think you ment the doomsday book the novel.
2006-08-03 20:20:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The doomsday book contains all the information from 1086 like a cenus done for William the Conquerer.
This is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book
Domesday Book (also known as Domesday, or Book of Winchester), was the record of the great survey of England completed in 1086, executed for William the Conqueror. The survey was similar to a census by a government of today. William needed information about the country he had just conquered so he could administer it. Whilst spending the Christmas of 1085 in Gloucester, William "had deep speech with his counsellors and sent men all over England to each shire ... to find out ... what or how much each landholder had in land and livestock, and what it was worth." One of the main purposes of the survey was to find out who owned what so they could be taxed on it, and the judgment of the assessors was final -- whatever the book said about who owned the property, or what it was worth, was the law, and there was no appeal. It was written in Latin, although there were some vernacular words inserted for native terms with no previous Latin equivalent and the text was highly abbreviated. When the book took the name "Domesday" (Middle English spelling of Doomsday) in the 12th century, it was to emphasize its definitiveness and authority (the analogy refers to the Christian notion of a Last Judgment).
2006-08-03 20:25:57 · answer #3 · answered by churchls0904 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THe Domesday Book is a record of all the lands in England, it was collated for taxation purposes in 1086-1087. It is now online but you have to pay to see it!
2006-08-03 20:22:54 · answer #4 · answered by ehc11 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Visit the UK National Archives (formally the Public Records Office) at Kew in south-west London.
You can search online via this link:
2006-08-03 20:28:36 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was basically a census of England conducted by William the Conqueror
2006-08-03 20:19:11 · answer #6 · answered by Rare Indigo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Survey of land ownership and use.
William I
Given the age it has a huge amount of fascinating information for a time nearly 1000 years ago.
2006-08-04 03:42:41 · answer #7 · answered by lykovetos 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are a lot of sites about the book hope this one helps as a start
2006-08-03 20:21:06 · answer #8 · answered by Regal_lady3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋