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1 online resource (xx, 374 pages) |
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JSTOR EBA
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LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. Domesday Past and Present; From content to purpose: the mystique of the book; From genealogy and topography to society and economy; Of statistics and shopping lists; From purpose to content: the primacy of the inquest; 2. The Domesday Texts; Translations and editions; Manuscripts, scribes, and scribal practices; Diplomatic and forms; Texts, taxonomies, and dates; 3. The Inquest and the Book; The Domesday inquest and its organization; Data collection; Circuit reports; The dénouement: the Oath of Salisbury |
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The making of Domesday Book4. The Domesday Boroughs; The borough and the Domesday inquest; Society and economy; County customs and tributes; Topography and demographics; Boroughs in relation; 5. Lordship, Land, and Service; Pre-Conquest lordship; Post-Conquest lordship; The manor and service; 6. The Vill and Taxation; Names and places; The hide, the geld, and local government; The forest and inland; The ploughland; 7. The Economy and Society; The demesne; Ploughs; Population; Livestock; Manorial appurtenances; Value; Waste; 8. The Communities of the Shire; The vill; The hundred; The shire |
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Disputes9. The Beyond of Domesday; Structures of lordship; Metastructures of lordship; A new manifesto; 10. Domesday Now; Purpose and content; Content and soke; Domesday Book in perspective; APPENDIX: The main entry forms of GDB; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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New light is shed on the motives and objectives for the compiling of the still-mysterious Domesday Book, revolutionising our understanding of the period |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Domesday book. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81063021
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Domesday book. fast (OCoLC)fst01356278 |
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Land tenure -- England -- History -- To 1500
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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Economic history.
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Land tenure.
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England -- Economic conditions -- 1066-1485.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86001376
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Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154 -- Sources
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England.
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Great Britain.
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History.
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Sources.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781846155314 |
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1846155312 |
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9781782044963 |
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1782044965 |
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