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Tables of Contents for Domesday
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Tables
xv
Abbreviations
xvi
1. THE MYSTIQUE OF THE BOOK
1
16
Domesday Book and Historical Writings
7
3
Domesday Studies
10
7
2. DOMESDAY AND TITLE TO LAND
17
32
The Norman Settlement
19
9
Sokeright and Title to Land
28
18
Domesday Book and Right to Land
46
3
3. THE INQUEST AND GOVERNMENT
49
22
Recognition and Presentment
50
4
The Origins of the Inquest in England
54
13
The Domesday Inquest
67
4
4. THE DOMESDAY TEXTS
71
42
Great Domesday Book
72
17
Little Domesday Book
89
5
The Liber Exoniensis
94
4
The Inquisitio Comitatus Cantabrigiensis
98
2
The Inquisitio Eliensis and Bath A
100
1
The Crowland Domesday
101
5
Schedules and Other Domesday Texts
106
7
5. THE COLLECTION OF DATA
113
34
Forums and Organization
117
11
The Royal Fisc and the Inquisitio Geldi
128
12
The Estates of the Tenants-in-Chief
140
7
6. COMMISSIONERS AND THE LIMITS OF THEIR COMMISSION
147
22
The Ploughland
149
16
The Resolution of Disputes
165
4
7. CIRCUIT REPORTS
169
17
The Breves Regis and the Geld Schedules
171
1
Circuit Reports
172
8
The Summaries
180
3
Disputes
183
3
8. THE WRITING OF GREAT DOMESDAY BOOK
186
38
Format and Content
187
4
Diplomatic and the Order of Writing
191
20
The Great Domesday Book Scribe and the Manor in the North
211
5
The Great Domesday Book Scribe and the Manor in the South and West
216
4
Great Domesday Book and Little Domesday Book
220
4
9. THE DOMESDAY INQUEST AND DOMESDAY BOOK
224
25
The Domesday Inquest and Domesday Book
227
3
The Royal Fisc and the Income of the Crown
230
4
The Lord's Demesne and the Geld
234
8
The Making of Domesday Book
242
7
10. AFTERWORD
249
3
Bibliography
252
13
Index
265