Domesday Book (/ ˈ d uː m z d eɪ /) – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of William I, known as William the Conqueror. Domesday has long been associated with the Latin phrase Domus Dei, meaning "House of God". The manuscript is also known by the …

Het Domesday Book (Liber de Wintonia, 1086) is een uitgebreid overzicht in het Latijn van alle bezittingen en eigenaren in Engeland voor en na 1066. Het werd samengesteld in opdracht van Willem de Veroveraar om belasting te kunnen heffen. Het boek. Koninklijke commissarissen trokken in twee ploegen voor bevinding en controle het land door om al ...

Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis.The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards. The title of the book refers to the Domesday Book of 1086; Kivrin Engle, the main character, says that her recording is "a record of life in the Middle Ages, which is what William the Conqueror's survey turned out to …

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; French: Normands; Latin: Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and indigenous West Franks and Gallo-Romans. The term is also used to denote emigrants from the duchy who conquered other territories such as England and Sicily.The …