Domesday England

Domesday Book is the most famous English public record.

H. C. Darby (Author)

9780521310260, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 7 August 1986

432 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm, 0.63 kg

Domesday Book is the most famous English public record, and it is probably the most remarkable statistical document in the history of Europe. It calls itself merely a descriptio and it acquired its name in the following century because its authority seemed comparable to that of the Book by which one day all will be judged (Revelation 20:12). It is not surprising that so many scholars have felt its fascination, and have discussed again and again what it says about economic, social and legal matters. But it also tells us much about the countryside of the eleventh century, and the present volume is the seventh of a series concerned with this geographical information. As the final volume, it seeks to sum up the main features of the Domesday geography of England as a whole, and to reconstruct, as far as the materials allow, the scene which King William's clerks saw as they made their great inquest.

Preface
List of maps
List of abbreviations
1. The domesday inquest
2. Rural settlements
3. Population
4. Arable land
5. Grassland, marsh and livestock
6. Woodland and forest
7. Annual values
8. Devastated land
9. Industry
10. Boroughs and towns
11. The Welsh march
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Historical geography [HBTP]