An engrossing look at the political drama and the stories of real lives and fortunes that are hidden within the parchment of England's earliest surviving public record - the Domesday Book.

Produced at amazing speed in the years after the Conquest, the Domesday Book provides a vivid picture of late 11th-century England. Find out how it was compiled, and what it reveals about life in ...

The Domesday Book is The National Archives' oldest and most famous public record. It is a highly detailed survey and valuation of all the land held by the king, William the Conqueror, and his ...