Aug 07, 2007 stephen baxter is a trained engineer with a degree in mathematics from cambridge and a doctorate in aeroengineering research from southampton university. This book contains information about who owned what throughout the country. The normans, episode 4, domesday alexander street, a proquest. The domesday book definition of the domesday book by the. Feb 22, 2007 stephen baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from cambridge mathematics and southampton universities doctorate in aeroengineering research. Stephen baxter, university of oxford, history department, faculty member. The counts took their name from the town of eu in normandy. Compiled with the assistance of dr stephen baxter of kings college, london. Elisabeth van houts, david bates and stephen baxter. Little domesday book ldb, which covers norfolk, suffolk and essex. Domesday database launched online university of cambridge.
In this programme on the domesday book, dr stephen baxter, medieval historian at kings college, london, reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of englands earliest. Aug 10, 2010 domesday book is the product of an extraordinary survey of england commissioned by king william the conqueror in 1085. The only uptodate biography, written by the world expert on william the conqueror. When william the conqueror landed in england on this day, september 28, 1066, his invasion had the approval of pope alexander ii who gave him a banner to crusade under. Melvyn bragg and his guests discuss the domesday book, a vast survey of. Cecelia holland remarks, hastings deserves its reputation as the greatest battle in english history, and a major turning point in the history of the. Stephen baxter reader in medieval history at kings college. Apr 17, 2014 joining melvyn bragg to discuss domesday book, the circumstances of its creation, the processes of the survey that supplied the information, its contents and its lasting impact, were three eminent scholars of the norman conquest. Stephen baxter is a trained engineer with a degree in mathematics from cambridge and a doctorate in aeroengineering research from southampton university. After teaching for a number of years and working in the information technology management industry, he began writing fulltime in 1995. William the conqueror won the throne in this battle. The history books refer to william the conqueror as jovial and generous, among other surprising qualities recorded in an 11thcentury latin text written after the kings funeral. The written record of a census and survey of english landowners and their property made by order of william the conqueror in.
Professor stephen baxter, university of oxford, coinvestigator of the. Today marks the 950th anniversary of the battle of hastings. Commissioned by william the conqueror in 1085, it is, in essence, a kingdomwide record of who held what estates and other assets in england and how much they were all worth. Conqueror times tapestry 2 stephen baxter download bok. Rollos power was inherited first by william, nicknamed longsword d.
Conqueror is a science fiction novel by british writer stephen baxter, the second in his alternate history series times tapestry. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study. Domesday tv with stephen baxter a corner of tenthcentury. Baxter is the winner of the british science fiction award and the locus award, as well as being a nominee for an arthur c. On this day in 1066, william the conqueror led his forces to defeat king harold ii of england.
Little domesday book ldb, which covers norfolk, suffolk. The representation of lordship and land tenure in domesday bookmore. William conquered england and its church 9011200 church. Including clear evaluation of the key events that highlight william s reign including battle of hastings and making of the domesday book. The novel begins in ad 607 and ends in ad 1066 after the battle of hastings. The only uptodate biography, written by the world expert on. The key to the conquerors great survey stephen baxter exeter cathedral possesses one of the most important manuscripts from medieval england. Stephen baxter im stephen baxter, and im a medieval historian at kings.
Stephen baxter is a trained engineer with degrees from cambridge mathematics and southampton universities doctorate in aeroengineering research. Stephen baxter with a replica of the domesday book at kings. The domesday book was used by william the conqueror to. Conqueror is a fast moving historical thriller that casts a bright light onto a shadowy period of british history and brings it to vibrant life.
Armed with domesday book, king william could threaten to. The domesday book was a survey of england and wales. William i 10661087 was a distant relative of edward the confessor and claimed that edward had promised him the throne of england. The information collected during the survey was written up in a fair copy, later known as domesday book, which in fact comprises two volumes. The domesday book synonyms, the domesday book pronunciation, the domesday book translation, english dictionary definition of the domesday book. Its repercussions on the church in england were enormous, going far beyond the stone architecture of the.
Prof baxter, who is a worldleading expert on domesday book, the survey of england carried out by william the conqueror in 1086, was on the. Conqueror is a science fiction novel by british writer stephen baxter, the second in his alternate history series times tapestry synopsis. The key to the conquerors great survey stephen baxter. Why did william the conqueror make the domesday book answers. Stephen baxter, youve captured my attention as a great yarn teller. Glumra ivarsson is williams sixth great grandfather and glumra ivarsson is my 32nd great grandfather on my mothers abney side of the family. So said an academic who has used the domesday book to trace the rise and rise of william the conquerors barons. Three centuries have passed since rome fell, as the. Domesday book and the transformation of english landed society 10661086 stephen baxter and chris lewis introduction what effect did the norman conquest have on english landed society. The site enables users to list, map and quantify the estates of all the landholders named in william the conquerors great domesday survey of 1086 at the click of a button. In this programme on the domesday book, dr stephen baxter, medieval historian at kings college, london, reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of englands earliest surviving public record. The entire order of happenings seemed very believable and kept me glued to my seat way beyond my bed time.
Survey of much of england and parts of wales by order of king william the conqueror. Domesday book reveals the rise of a norman abramovich after. Exeter cathedral possesses one of the most important manuscripts from medieval england. It in fact comprises two volumes, now preserved at the national archives. He was a descendant of rollo and was duke of normandy from 1035 onward. For the next 20 years he and his norman followers colonised england but then, in the 1080s, williams position as king began to. The domesday survey and domesday book have generally been seen as the culmination of the norman conquest, and show the results of a great investigation, commissioned by william the conqueror, of. Set in the universe of the long war by terry pratchett and stephen baxter. Domesday book states that william gave this castle and the area it controlled to the count of eu, a church benefactor and advisor to the king. Stephen baxter considers the big questions about this pivotal work. The tower of londons origins at the beginning of william the conquerors reign were modest. It began in 1085, when william the conqueror, then in his 20th year as king william i of england.
The key to the conqueror s great survey stephen baxter exeter cathedral possesses one of the most important manuscripts from medieval england. He was a great a man who dominated england in middle ages, but vast sums of money were needed to rule such enormous lands. When harold was made king on the death of edward, william sailed from normandy in france, where he was duke, with an army of 7000 men. The ancestor in common with william and me is the ninth century norwegian viking, eystein glumra ivarsson. William the conqueror, born 1027, died september 9, 1087, is my seventh cousin, 26 times removed. Twenty years after the battle of hastings, william the conqueror sent officials. The doomsday book is considered as the treasure of medieval england and was used by william the conqueror to dominate medieval england.
During the lifetimes of william the conqueror and his sons, royal officials described it using. William the conqueror commissioned domesday book to record who owned. It was a gigantic survey of every town and village in england and described in detail which barons owned which tracts of. Stephen baxter, a historian at kings college london, is one of the authors of a. Based on the long mars by terry pratchett and stephen baxter. William the conqueror was able to obtain more taxes because. Aug 09, 2010 so said an academic who has used the domesday book to trace the rise and rise of william the conqueror s barons. This is my first baxter book and i hope there is at least one more to continue this story. Sutherland the domesday book is closely related to william the conqueror or william the bastard, king of england and duke of normandy, ca. Peverel, ranulf married former mistress of william i.
Peverel, william perhaps illegitimate son of william i by his mistress. The domesday book was used by william the conqueror to answers. His hold was secure on normandy by 1060, following a long struggle to establish his throne, and he launched the norman. Domesday book and the transformation of english landed. Domesday book was ordered by william the conqueror william i in 1085. When william was born in 102728, robert was count of hiesmois. Exon domesday was almost certainly presented to william the conqueror at a. Three days from home kindle edition by baxter, william. Domesday book reveals the rise of a norman abramovich. If ownership of property was disputed, whatever was recorded in domesday was the final word on the matter. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading three days from home. Steeped in blood and violence this was also a time of artistic endeavour, a time of nation building and lawgiving.
Exon domesday was almost certainly presented to william the conqueror at a meeting of his barons at old sarum on 1 august 1086. Prof stephen baxter on bbc radio 4 st peters college. It was intended to list all the taxable property to make a more accurate inventory. Visitors can find out who owned their town or village, create maps and tables of the estates held by the same lords elsewhere in england, and examine the scale of the. This, of course, came two decades after his famous invasion and conquest of 1066. Domesday book records the results of a survey of england which was commissioned by william the conqueror in christmas 1085 and conducted in 1086.
In 1085, william the conqueror faced the greatest crisis of his life and reign. William the conqueror did not commission domesday book. He also finds out the real reason it was commissioned by william the conqueror in 1086. William the conqueror created the domesday book, to keep a record of all the land in england, when the danish army were going to invade england. Aug 20, 2016 the history books refer to william the conqueror as jovial and generous, among other surprising qualities recorded in an 11thcentury latin text written after the kings funeral.
The level of detail sought by the men carrying out the inquest was remarkable, even. William the conqueror won the throne in this battle domesday book created to survey people on their life under william the conqueror s reign, later used as a taxation guide. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Whatever was recorded in domesday book was legally binding. Its core is the immediate source of that magnificent abbreviation the domesday book great domesday, for the fivesouthwestern counties. The site enables users to list, map and quantify the estates of all the landholders named in william the conqueror s great domesday survey of 1086 at the click of a button.
In january 1066, the death of the childless king edward the confessor resulted in a struggle for succession to the english throne. The doomsday book was used by william the conqueror to create a system of taxation for england. The domesday book, completed in 1086, was a great survey of england when it was a colony of normandy undertaken on the orders of englands king william i, or william the conqueror as he arrogantly preferred to be known he was previously known as william the bastard. Aug 14, 2010 in 1085, william the conqueror faced the greatest crisis of his life and reign. Joining melvyn bragg to discuss domesday book, the circumstances of its creation, the processes of the survey that supplied the information, its contents and its lasting impact, were three eminent scholars of the norman conquest. The second novel in a thrilling alternatehistory seriesfrom national bestselling author stephen baxter.
Domesday book is the product of an extraordinary survey of england commissioned by king william the conqueror in 1085. For the next 20 years he and his norman followers colonised england but then, in the 1080s, williams position as king began to look vulnerable. Its main purpose was to assess the wealth of england to aid the system of taxation. On the 14th october 1066, william and harolds armies met at the battle of hastings. Conqueror times tapestry 2 stephen baxter download.
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