Author Topic: Domesday Book now available online (Read 2472 times)

Tante Shvester · « **on:** August 07, 2006, 02:53:56 PM »

Domesday Book is now available online. Which is good, because I can never seem to find my hardbound copy when I need it.

Porter · « **Reply #1 on:** August 07, 2006, 02:57:23 PM »

Is that a parody of something?

Jonathon · « **Reply #2 on:** August 07, 2006, 03:04:05 PM »

Apparently 2 percent of Britons surveyed believe Domesday Book to be a novel by Dan Brown.

Jonathon · « **Reply #3 on:** August 07, 2006, 03:06:05 PM »

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Is that a parody of something?

Nope. It was an extensive survey and census of England commissioned by William the Conquerer after he conquered England.

Porter · « **Reply #4 on:** August 07, 2006, 03:07:39 PM »

Why is it called the doomsday book?

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #5 on:** August 07, 2006, 03:13:02 PM »

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It was an extensive survey and census of England commissioned by William the Conquerer after he conquered England.

Before he conquered England, he was known as just William.

Porter · « **Reply #6 on:** August 07, 2006, 03:16:17 PM »

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It was an extensive survey and census of England commissioned by William the Conquerer after he conquered England.
Before he conquered England, he was known as just William.

Actually, he was known as William the Bastard.

'Cuz he was.

Jonathon · « **Reply #7 on:** August 07, 2006, 03:22:09 PM »

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Why is it called the doomsday book?

At the time doom meant "judgment." Here's what Wikipedia says:

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When the book took the name "Domesday" (Middle English spelling of Doomsday) in the 12th century, it was to emphasize its definitiveness and authority (the analogy refers to the Christian belief of a Last Judgment).

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #8 on:** August 07, 2006, 03:25:41 PM »

Well then, I can understand why he'd want to go an do something like conquer England. Leads to a niftier nick.

JT · « **Reply #9 on:** August 08, 2006, 06:44:44 AM »

I can't see your avatar, Tante.

Porter · « **Reply #10 on:** August 08, 2006, 07:12:11 AM »

Neither can I.

Sheila · « **Reply #11 on:** August 08, 2006, 07:56:09 AM »

woah, in firefox i can't tell there's an image missing, but in ie (thanks to new extension) there's a red x.

Sheila · « **Reply #12 on:** August 08, 2006, 07:57:30 AM »

aha, it's http://http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y3...nnoodlesoup.jpg instead of http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y32/jtspa...nnoodlesoup.jpg

JT · « **Reply #13 on:** August 08, 2006, 08:43:33 AM »

Huh. I forgot I was hosting that av. Cool.

pooka · « **Reply #14 on:** August 09, 2006, 09:43:49 PM »

I read a book once where people lived in geodesic dooms.

I guess this is one of them Great Vowel Shift dealies.

Tante Shvester · « **Reply #15 on:** August 10, 2006, 06:15:26 PM »

Avatar is fixed. I'm chicken soup! Famous for making you feel better.

Teshi · « **Reply #16 on:** August 13, 2006, 01:02:16 PM »

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Domesday Book is now available online.

Well, for a price, like all online documents of value.

Nighthawk · « **Reply #17 on:** August 13, 2006, 01:10:31 PM »

Hey, wait a minute... this book isn't Dianetics! What's going on?