Domesday Book
manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086
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Summary
Domesday Book is a manuscript[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of manuscript entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,776 views/month, #1 of 713).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: United Kingdom[3]
- Instance of: land register[4], cadastre[5]
- Commissioned by: William the Conqueror[6]
- Collection: UK National Archives[7]
- Inventory number: E 31/2/2[8]
- Commons category: Domesday Book[9]
- Language of work or name: medieval Latin[10]
- Inception: 1100[11], 1086[12]
- Publication date: 1086[13]
- Has edition or translation: Open Domesday[14], Translation of the Devonshire Domesday[15], Translation of the Sussex Domesday[16], Domesday Book: A Complete Translation[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Domesday Book[18]
- Commons gallery: Domesday Book[19]
- Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[20], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24], The New Student's Reference Work[25]
- Title: Domesday Book[26]
- Different from: Doomsday Book[27]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Domesday Book include BBC Domesday Project[28], a crowdsourcing[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1984[31].
Why It Matters
Domesday Book has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]
Entities named for it include BBC Domesday Project[28], a crowdsourcing[29], in United Kingdom[30], founded in 1984[31].