Domesday book

Abstract Domesday Book is the main source for an understanding of late Anglo-Saxon England and the Norman Conquest. And yet, despite over two centuries of study, no ...

London and Winchester were not described in the Domesday Book, but the royal properties in Winchester were surveyed for Henry I about 1110 and the whole city was surveyed for Bisho...

An introduction to the life of towns and cities in the medieval period, this book shows how medieval towns grew to become important centers of trade and liberty. Beginning with a l...

History books functioned to preserve historical records, and some scribes and artists attempted to replicate the features of documents when they compiled copies of them in cartular...

Abstract This is a study of the major landholders of England and their estates during the reign of Edward the Confessor. It is the first comprehensive analysis of th...

1066 is the most famous date in English history. On 14 October, on Senlac Hill near Hastings, a battle was fought that would change the face of England forever. Over the next twent...

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