Domesday - Max Adams, at Heffers Bookshop
About this Event
The Domesday Book describes the furniture of a culture and its economy – the legacy of Anglo-Saxon England.
When King William I sent his agents to survey every shire in England, he asked them to list his holdings and calculate what was owed to him. The manuscript record of the resulting ‘Great Survey’ is not just a tax record, but a unique window onto the structure of English administration and economy before and immediately after the Norman Conquest: its shires and hundreds, acres, hides and townships.
In Domesday, Max Adams retreads the path taken in 1085 by King William I’s agents, taking us on foot through the very sites covered by one of the most iconic documents of English history. In this fascinating new history, Adams explores this unique portrait of a land and its people, bringing the past into intimate contact with the present.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 5.00 to GBP 25.00
