What piece of writing was created?
A book
What was it called?
Domesday Book
What was another way of saying the title?
Liber de Wintonia
What was it recording?
the Great Survey
Of where?
Mostly England
Where else?
Also some parts of Wales
When was it finished?
1086
Who demanded it?
King William
What language was it in?
Medieval Latin
Was it all totally spelled out?
No
For what reason was it done?
taxes!
During what kingdom?
the reign of King Edward
What did it let the current kingdom do?
reassert the rights of the Crown
Anything else?
assess where power lay after a wholesale redistribution of land
After what takeover?
the Norman conquest
Could the contents be appealed?
No
When did it get the more modern title?
the 12th Century
Who had a writing done in 1179?
Richard FitzNeal
What was it called?
Dialogus de Scaccario
What time of the year did a kingdom have people go around to assess goods?
midwinter