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Domesday book. 6, Wiltshire / edited by Caroline and Frank Thorn from a draft translation prepared by Caroline Thorn ; general [series] editor, John Morris.
Domesday book. 6, Wiltshire / edited by Caroline and Frank Thorn from a draft translation prepared by Caroline Thorn ; general [series] editor, John Morris.
ISBN
9780850331592 : 7.00
Dewey Classmark
333.3220942
942.31
Local Dewey Classmark
W 336.4231 THO
Publication
Chichester : Phillimore, 1979.
Physical Description
[247] p. : 2 maps ; 22 cm
Series
History from the sources
Note
Parallel Latin text and English translation.
Includes index.
Summary of Contents
Wiltshire Domesday Book is a statistical survey of England in 1086 A.D. it is a census of the population and productive resources of the country, of their value and of who held them. It was unmatched in Europe for many centuries, the product of a sophisticated and experienced English administration, fully exploited by the Conquerors commanding energy. Its name is known to everyone and everyone can now have access to its text, and, within the limitations of contemporary scholarship, its meaning. It is difficult to exaggerate the important to local historians and archaeologists of the availability of a cheap edition of this fundamental source, for the first time in 900 years. The Domesday Survey was arranged by counties, or shires, and so is the Domesday Book Series. These are the ancient counties that survived with little change until 1974.
Subject
Real property England.
England History 1066-1087.
Added Personal Name
Morris, John, 1913-1977.
Thorn, Caroline.
Thorn, Frank.
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Domesday Book is a statistical survey of England in 1086 A.D. it is a census of the population and productive resources of the country, of their value and of who held them. It was unmatched in Europe for many centuries, the product of a sophisticated and experienced English administration, fully exploited by the Conquerors commanding energy. Its name is known to everyone and everyone can now have access to its text, and, within the limitations of contemporary scholarship, its meaning. It is difficult to exaggerate the important to local historians and archaeologists of the availability of a cheap edition of this fundamental source, for the first time in 900 years. The Domesday Survey was arranged by counties, or shires, and so is the Domesday Book Series. These are the ancient counties that survived with little change until 1974.
