Domesday Book Kent: History From the Sources - Hardcover

 
9780850331530: Domesday Book Kent: History From the Sources

Synopsis

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 Conqueror’s 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.

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About the Author

John Morris was an advisor to the Japanese Foreign Office in Tokyo and a lecturer in Tokyo.

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ISBN 10:  0850331544 ISBN 13:  9780850331547
Publisher: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1983
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