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| | | From: Greensleeves (Original Message) | Sent: 8/26/2002 8:28 PM |
I recently read that after 1,000 years, a copy of the Domesday Book is going to be published soon! It really is from meticulous documentation like this that we are able to put together the pieces and get an idea of what life was like in the olden days. |
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YES...Domesday is extremely detailed by today's standards, just think what it was like back then! Almost like new technology. There had never been anything like it in western Europe. Someone correct me on this if I'm wrong, but wasn't Domesday compiled before there was even double entry bookkeeping? |
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| | | From: Eddy | Sent: 8/28/2002 4:19 PM |
It's taken a thousand years to make a new copy? Those lazy swines.  |
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Well, by all accounts, it's a very big book.  |
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| | | From: Eddy | Sent: 8/29/2002 11:09 AM |
You probably have to go and get a new pen every now and then, that'll eat in to the work day... |
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Well, considering they used quill pens...I guess half the birds in England were featherless! (LOL) |
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| | | From: Echo | Sent: 9/1/2002 4:16 PM |
It sounds to be such a large book that not many of us will own it for some time. But what an interesting book for the times, and also family history in England. |
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Well, if it is out in time...guess what book will be on MY christmas list??? As I would love to own a copy! |
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If it's out in time for Christmas, I'll see what I can do! :)
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About ten years ago I came across a translation of Domesday in a university library in southern California, but have not been able to locate another here in Utah. I do a lot of reasearch into the period and would love to have this new book. I remember one of the knights mentioned as holding lands under William was a knight with the name of Roger God-Save-Ladies! There's got to be a story there. Any info on the publisher, author of this new translation? |
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| | | From: Frank | Sent: 7/15/2005 4:46 PM |
Penguin Classics has published a one-volume translation of the complete Domesday in paperback, for $30. You can get it on Amazon. It's the most authoritative translation to date, done by Geoffrey Martin (of the Public Record Office, where the original is kept) and Ann Williams. A real bargain. |
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That's a reasonable price....wonder if it has hit actual US bookstores yet? It would be a fascinating read.  |
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