Study Unveils Just How Scribes Compiled the Famous Domesday Book
/Adobe Stock) Now, Dr. Stephen Baxter, Associate Professor of Medieval History at the University of Oxford, has discovered some surprising facts about the depth, speed, and sophistication of the survey which led to the famous Domesday and other texts, which formed a useful medieval database that is still examined by historians today. An Extensive Yet Efficient Survey One of the most surprising finds from the study published in the English Historical Review is that the first draft of the survey covering England south of the River Tees was completed in just 100 days. Dr. Baxter s...
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