Domesday Book Huntingdonshire: History From the Sources - Rilegato

Morris, John

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ISBN 10: 0850331307 ISBN 13: 9780850331301

Casa editrice: The History Press Ltd, 1975

Riassunto

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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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 is difficult to exaggerate the importance of the availability of a cheap edition of this fundamental source, for the first time in 900 years. The text has only once been set and printed, in 1783, in an edition of 1, 250 copies; many of which have not survived, so that extant examples are expensive and relatively inaccessible. Translations of differing form and accuracy have been published for most counties, but many are out of print and others are only available as part of large and costly volumes, usually with many technical terms untranslated. The present edition corrects the few errors detected in the 18th-century setting of the Latin text and provides a parallel, uniform, modem English translation; with a map, indices and an explanation of the technical terms for each county. This edition will be of service to those interested in local history and topography, and to scholars who wish either to re-examine the evidence on which modern discussion rests, or to explore the very many questions of social and administrative structure which have received less attention.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: The History Press Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1975
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0850331307
• ISBN 13: 9780850331301
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 86
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