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This was the age of the county history, with many accounts of the english shires being published at this time, and domesday book, as a property record of early date that happened to be arranged by county, was a major source for the medieval history of all the. Translation, databases and scholarly commentary, 1086 bibliography this is not a reading list for domesday book and is in no way intended to supplant bates, a bibliography of domesday book 1986, which can be supplemented by hallam. Domesday extracts online service offering high quality prints and pdfs of domesday book for your chosen settlement. Now available in one volume, here is the complete, authoritative translation from the original latin, together with an index of places and a glossary of terms used. Domesday book is a statistical survey of england in 1086 a. Pdf domesday book alecto historical editions full pdf self. Download this illuminating book provides an account of a century and a half of english medieval history, beginning with the compilation of the domesday book and culminating in the issue of the magna carta and the subsequent civil war. Hallam, domesday book through nine centuries london, 1986 a survey of how the domesday book has been used since its composition, and how antiquarians and historians have viewed the record. The boston college law library is delighted to display a selection of its recent acquisitions. By contemporaries the whole operation was known as the description of england, but the popular name domesday i. In the year 1085, william the conqueror spent christmas at gloucester. The national archives education service domesday book.
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