A Search for the Roots of England
In 1086, Domesday Book, perhaps the most remarkable historical document in existence, was compiled. This tremendous survey of England and its people was made at the behest of the Norman king, William the Conqueror. It was called Domesday, the day of judgement, because "like the day of judgement, its decisions are unalterable."
This book is not only a study of the ancient manuscript but an attempt to analyse the world that Domesday Book so vividly portrayed. By skilful use of the Domesday record, Michael Wood examines Norman society and the Anglo-Saxon, Roman and even the Iron Age cultures that preceded it.
