TY  - BOOK
AU  - Maitland,Frederic William
TI  - Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England
AV  - DA 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Manuscripts, Medieval -- England
KW  - Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066
KW  - Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154
KW  - England -- Economic conditions -- 1066-1485
KW  - Domesday book
KW  - Land tenure -- England -- History
KW  - Feudalism -- England -- History
N1  - Release date is 2013-07-19; Domesday book -- England before the Conquest -- The hide; E-text prepared by KD Weeks, Irma Spehar, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries (http://archive.org/details/toronto); Original publication data not identified
N2  - "Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England" by Frederic William Maitland is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The work explores key themes and documents related to early English law and society, particularly focusing on the significance and implications of the Domesday Book—a comprehensive survey commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085.   The opening of the book presents a detailed introduction to the Domesday Book, describing its creation and its purpose as a tax record rather than a comprehensive legal document. Maitland discusses the methods used by royal commissioners to gather data regarding landholdings and the various classes of people that inhabited England during this period. He highlights the complexities of understanding the legal relationships and historical context of the land and its occupants, setting the stage for a deeper examination of feudalism and its societal ramifications in England. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43255
ER  -