Decoding Domesday. (2007)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: David Roffe.
• Other Names: Roffe, David
• Contents: 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. 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. 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.
• Publisher Details: Woodbridge : Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 374 pages)
• Subjects: 942.02; Land tenure -- England -- History -- To 1500; HISTORY; HISTORY -- Medieval; Economic history; Land tenure; England -- Economic conditions -- 1066-1485; Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154 -- Sources; England; Great Britain; Electronic books; History; Sources
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846155314; 1846155312; 9781782044963; 1782044965
• Related ISBNs: 9781843833079; 1843833077
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.