Domesday Book

• purpose of domesday book

  survey of England in order to make a higher tax
• why did William need/want a higher tax

  to prepare to defend against a possible Danish invasion
• what year was England surveyed

  1086
• examples of questions asked

  how much meadow, how many mills, how many ploughs, who held land in Edward's time and who holds it now
• how long did it take to carry out the survey

  6 months
• what did it reveal about the Saxons

  they had lost the vast majority of their land to the Normans