Domesday: A Search for the Roots of England

by Michael Wood (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

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  In 1086 the Domesday Book was compiled - a survey of England made at the behest of the Norman Conqueror. This text presents the manuscript, attempts to analyse the world it portrays, examines Norman society, and penetrates beyond it into the Anglo Saxon, Roman and even Iron Age cultures.

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  Paperback
  1990

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  In 1086 the Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. This tremendous survey of England and its people was made at the behest of the Norman, William the Conqueror. Michael Wood's Domesday: A Search for the Roots of England is a study of the ancient manuscript and an attempt to analyse the world that the Domesday Book portrayed. He uses the Domesday record to examine Norman society, and also to penetrate beyond it to the Anglo-Saxon, Roman and Iron Age cultures that preceded it. Michael Wood is also author of In Search of the Dark Ages and In Search of the Trojan War .

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  Hardcover
  1988

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  Using The Domesday Book, the extensive 11th-century survey of English land holding and population, as his starting point, Michael Wood vividly and entertainingly explores the roots of English society, from its Roman occupation to the 14th century. 133 illustrations, 30 in color.