Jan 16, 2021 this new research, based on the earliest surviving domesday manuscript, shows the survey was compiled remarkably quickly and then used like a modern database, where data is entered in one format and can be extracted in other formats for specific purposes, dr. New insights from original domesday survey revealed. It also reveals a different mode of government in action, serving new masters with novel priorities that were a function of the tenurial transformation that it records. He also finds out the real reason it was commissioned by william the conqueror. Bbc learning, medieval historian dr stephen baxter on the. Oct 22, 2015 dr stephen baxter reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of englands earliest surviving public record, the domesday book, commissioned in 1086. Bbc cambridge university connects communities with domesday. Study unveils just how scribes compiled the famous.
Professor stephen baxter discusses the latest insights revealed by a new study of domesday book, which suggests. A rare moment at rest although billed as a fresh look at the middle ages through the eyes of children, presenter dr stephen baxter had to admit the bulk of historic evidence for how medieval children lived their lives was written by adults. New research has cast light on how and why the iconic domesday book was created. Professor john palmers domesday data sets, available for download in acc.
For example, picot, the sheriff of cambridgeshire, suffered a torrid time at the inquest. Unfiltered accounts from a childs perspective are rare. The iconic domesday book was simply one of several outputs from the process. The representation of lordship and land tenure in domesday book. Domesday book e ao mesmo tempo um dos documentos mais conhecidos e enigmaticos da inglaterra medieval. Stephen baxter with a replica of the domesday book at kings college london. Study unveils just how scribes compiled the famous domesday book. Domesdayin a fascinating exploration of domesday book, medieval historian dr stephen baxter reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of englands earliest surviving public record. He also finds out the real reason it was commissioned by william the conqueror in 1086. University of oxford a new interpretation of the survey behind domesday book the record of conquered england compiled on the orders of william the conqueror in 1086has emerged from a major new study of the surveys earliest surviving manuscript. The study shows that the work of the medieval scribes was so efficient and sophisti study unveils just how scribes compiled the famous domesday book ancient worlds. Jan 19, 2015 medieval historian dr stephen baxter on the intrusion of the domesday book.
Resources for learning about what domesday book reveals about the. And he reveals how the norman legacy lives on in our culture and politics to this day. Dr baxter, a medieval historian from kings college, london, has a different theory. Aug 25, 2011 although billed as a fresh look at the middle ages through the eyes of children, presenter dr stephen baxter had to admit the bulk of historic evidence for how medieval children lived their lives was written by adults. I am currently writing a book titled a making domesday. Domesday book is at once one of medieval englands best known and most enigmatic documents. Crick confirmed that dr baxter is to speak at a conference on the 15.
Saxons, normans and domesday thats how the light gets in. I am also leading a longterm project which aims to identify all the landholders named in domesday book, as a basis for studying the contours of english landed society before and after the norman conquest of england. Le cas dosbern fitzosbern, in penser les mondes normands medievaux, ed. Stephen baxter is clarendon associate professor and barron fellow in medieval history at st peters. Bbc learning, medieval historian dr stephen baxter on. Domesday book is the most complete survey of any medieval landed society, and provides a unique opportunity to reconstruct the distribution of landed wealth in eleventhcentury england. The domesday book was collated between 1085 and 1086. Meaning, everything reduced to dust, a great cloud of it orbiting. Comment 192 june 2010 by kings college london issuu.
Most historians believe it is some sort of tax book for raising revenue. The dvd also includes a very interesting pointofview documentary on domesday book by stephen baxter. Domesday, episode 4the normans streaming video king. Mar 16, 2021 medieval historian dr stephen baxter reveals the human and politicaldrama that lies within the parchment of englands earliest survivingpublic record. The title of my doctoral thesis is the nature and limits of the money economy in late anglosaxon and early. The domesday book synonyms, the domesday book pronunciation, the domesday book translation, english dictionary definition of the domesday book. The other is that domesdays relentless homonymy means that it is. Oxford history faculty to commission stephen baxter to produce an analysis of entries in. Despite 1066 and the domesday book being indelibly printed on my memory from. Domesday in a fascinating exploration of domesday book, medieval historian dr stephen baxter reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of englands earliest surviving public record. Domesday book details made available in map form bbc news. The representation of lordship and land tenure in domesday. Domesday tv with stephen baxter a corner of tenthcentury. Patrick wormald papers preparatory to the making of english law.
Stephen baxter reader in medieval history at kings college london elisabeth van houts honorary professor of medieval european. Maisconhecer novos insights da pesquisa domesday original. Aug 11, 2010 baxter, who has devoted the last 10 years to studying the domesday book, came up with a more compelling explanation. The conquerors survey and its context, which explores how and why king william is survey of england. The domesday book definition of the domesday book by the. It is now forty years since galbraith published the making of domesday book. Aug 10, 2010 dr stephen baxter, who presents the bbc domesday programme part of a series on the normans said it was the first time people would be able to generate maps showing the land owned by individuals. Crick and dr stephen baxter of the conquerors commissioners project on exon domesday were aware of the proposed exhibition. He also finds out the real reason it was commissioned bywilliam the conqueror in 1086. Henry fairbairn, kings college london, history department, graduate student. After pointing out that, if it had been intended as a tax database, then it had. New insights from original domesday survey revealed nexus. In the documentary, dr stephen baxter seeks to prove that the domesday book could not have been used to collect taxes, arguing that it.
See british history the domesday book and the iplayer documentary. Domesday book is at once one of medieval englands best known and most enigmatic. Domesday tonight dr stephen baxter shakes the dust off the domesday book to figure out why this great tome was commissioned by william the conqueror in 1085. Stephen baxter is clarendon associate professor and barron fellow in medieval history at st peters college, university of oxford. Domesday digitisation project wins funding from ahrc in. Theres been a bbc documentary about the book this week, where dr stephen baxter medieval historian at kings college, london presents his own opinions and new insight on the subject, claiming it wasnt for establishing new taxes. Dr stephen baxter reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of englands earliest surviving public record, the domesday book.
History documentary hosted by stephen baxter, published by bbc in 2010 english narration cover informationin this programme on the domesday book, dr stephen baxter, medieval historian at kings college, london, reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of englands earliest surviving public record. Since then his thesis has been refined in various ways, but there has been no serious challenge to his central propositions. Stephen baxter, associate professor of medieval history at the university of oxford, said. Sep 22, 2011 access will be of particular interest among rural communities, says dr stephen baxter, lecturer in medieval history at kings college, london, and an expert on the book. The reasons for and processes behind its creation have been the subject of debate among historians for centuries. New interpretation of the domesday book of william i the. List of pre1066 sheriffs recorded in domesday book. Domesday online get in touch with today via email, twitter or facebook or text us on 84844. 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. Lordship and power in late anglosaxon england oup, 2007. Feb 03, 2008 the earls of mercia by stephen baxter, 9780199230983, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. It may seem astonishing that this has never been done before, since the evidence has existed for more than 900 years. Studies history, medieval history, and economic history. May 31, 2010 a large research project grant to kings, to be led by dr stephen baxter, reader in medieval history.
Lewis, comment identifier les proprietaires fonciers du domesday book en angleterre et en normandie. In this programme on the domesday book, dr stephen baxter, medieval historian at kings college, london, reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of englands earliest surviving public record. The leverhulme trust has recently awarded a large research project grant to kings college, london, to be led by dr stephen baxter, reader in medieval history at kings. London, to be led by dr stephen baxter, reader in medieval history at kings. It was completed following a huge land and landholding survey that was commissioned by william i, aka william the conqueror, in 1085. I also teach these courses to students at merton college, with whom st peters has an arrangement to share teaching provision. In fact, baxter argues, it would have be rather difficult to use if it was the latter. Bbc domesday programme presenter, dr stephen baxter, explains the importance of the project. Aug 11, 2010 prof baxter, the presenter of a onehour documentary on the domesday book on bbc2 tonight and medieval historian at kings college, london, said the document had been misunderstood as a tax register. Constructing this database has been quite an exercise, but it is a phenomenally useful research tool, dr. He argues quite convincingly that domesday book was more of a device enabling the king to exercise political control than a tax assessment. Jan, 2021 the iconic domesday book is a 9page long tome that is the earliest public record in britain. Stephen baxter, professor of medieval historyat the university of oxford, said.
New insights from original domesday survey revealed techcodex. Aug 10, 2010 the domesday book was collated between 1085 and 1086. Jan 08, 2021 domesday book s own day of judgment still lies in the future. Pase domesday online database launches ahead of bbc two. Essentially, its now possible for anyone to do in a few seconds what it has taken scholars weeks to achieve in the past. Aug 10, 2010 bbc domesday programme presenter, dr stephen baxter, explains the importance of the project.
We are grateful to professor keynes for sight of this article prior to publication. The reasons forand processes behindits creation have been the subject of debate among historians for centuries. He argues its real purpose was to confer revolutionary new powers on king william. Stephen baxter, associate professor of medieval history at the university of oxford. In another programme in the bbc norman season, dr stephen baxter. This new research, based on the earliest surviving domesday manuscript, shows the survey was compiled remarkably quickly and then used like a modern database, where data is entered in one format and can be extracted in other formats for specific purposes, dr.
In the documentary, dr stephen baxter seeks to prove that the domesday book could not have been used to collect taxes, arguing that it is about something far more important than. Poring over the 1086 domesday book, the census of who, what and where, he noted that children arent mentioned. Domesday book and all the other material generated by the great survey of england commissioned by king william i in 1086 are important for my research, and i have been involved in a number of projects connected with them. Stephen baxter considers the big questions about this pivotal work. Jan 16, 2021 compiled on the orders of william the conqueror in 1086, the domesday book, today widely regarded as one of englands greatest treasures of medieval times was a nationwide inventory of property landlords and property of the people, indispensable for taxes he planned to introduce. Jan, 2021 the iconic domesday book was simply one of several outputs from the process. Bilbliography and online stories of the science fiction author stephen baxter. The written record of a census and survey of english landowners and their property made by order of william the conqueror in.
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