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Why was the Domesday Book called the Domesday Book?
The Domesday Book consisted of two volumes held in the Royal Treasury at Winchester in Hampshire, where it was known as The Book of Winchester. It formed a definitive source of information in the...
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Why did they call the book Domesday book?
"Dom" in the name is an older form of the modern word "doom." Today the word is mainly used in a negative sense, but originally it was more neutral and meant essentially "judgement" or "reckoning."...
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Why is the domesday book called domesday?
It's called the Domesday book because the word 'Dom' means reckoning, or accounting in the old English translation. It means descendant in modern English.
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What is domesday book about?
The Domesday Book is a great land survey from 1086, commissioned by William the Conqueror to assess the extent of the land and resources being owned in England at the time, and the extent of the...
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What the domesday book is about?
it is about when William 1 wanted to rule all lands, and asked the government to ask everyone personal questions about their belongings- lands.