Domesday Book

Also known as: Liber de Wintonia; The Great Survey

Author

Unknown

Language

Medieval Latin

Year

1086

Country

England

Genre

Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

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Domesday Book is a manuscript record of the Great Survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 at the behest of William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by the Latin name Liber de Wintonia, meaning "Book of Winchester", where it was originally kept in the royal treasury. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle states that in 1085 the king sent his agents to survey every shire in England, to list his holdings and dues owed to him.