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Domesday Book (Penguin Classic): a Complete Translation [Buy it!] | Martin, G. H.; Williams, Ann | USD 21.00 (Mon May 20 23:01:40 2024) | Alibris | Warren Hahn via Alibris | London Penguin Classics 2003 First Thus Soft cover Near Fine Book. 9h x 6w. A real nice clean unmarked 1, 456 page first Penguin classics edition softcover. Has just a touch of outside wear and this very thick book lays flat and square. The complete, authoritative translation from the original Latin, together with an index of places and a glossary of terms used. Domesday was compiled in a matter of months in 1086, at the end of William the Conqueror's life. According to a first-hand account by Robert, Bishop of Hereford, those sent out by the king '...made a survey of all England; of the lands in each of the countries; of the possessions of each of the magnates, their lands, their habitations, their men. |