The Normans : a tale of dukes and warriors, conquerors and kings. Episode 4, Domesday /

The Normans : a tale of dukes and warriors, conquerors and kings. Episode 4, Domesday /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:	London, England : British Broadcasting Corporation, 2010.
Description:	1 online resource (52 min.)
Language:	English
Subject:	Domesday book. Domesday book. Normans -- History. Normans. Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154. Great Britain. Documentary films. History. Documentary films.
Format:	E-Resource Video Streaming Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13640315

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Other authors / contributors:	Illescas, Andrea, director, producer. Dashwood, Robin, producer. Baxter, Stephen, narrator.
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Title from resource description page (viewed October 9, 2015). In English.
Summary:	In this programme on the Domesday Book, Dr Stephen Baxter, medieval historian at King's College, London, reveals the human and political drama that lies within the parchment of England's earliest surviving public record. He also finds out the real reason it was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1086. The Domesday Book is the first great national survey of England, a record of who owned every piece of land and property in the kingdom. It also records the traumatic impact of the Norman conquest on Anglo-Saxon England, the greatest social and political upheaval in the country's history. Most historians believe that Domesday is a tax book for raising revenue, but Baxter has his own theory. He proves that the Domesday Book could not have been used to collect taxes and he argues that it is about something far more important than money. Its real purpose was to confer revolutionary new powers on the monarchy in Norman England.

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Item Description:	Title from resource description page (viewed October 9, 2015).
Physical Description:	1 online resource (52 min.) 005151
Playing Time:	00:51:51