Project Gutenberg 2013-07-19 Public domain in the USA. 1035 Maitland, Frederic William 1850 1906 Maitland, F. W. (Frederic William) Maitland, Frederick William Domesday Book and Beyond: Three Essays in the Early History of England 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) "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.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43255/43255-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Manuscripts, Medieval -- England Great Britain -- History -- Anglo-Saxon period, 449-1066 Great Britain -- History -- Norman period, 1066-1154 England -- Economic conditions -- 1066-1485 Domesday book Land tenure -- England -- History Feudalism -- England -- History DA Text Category: History - British Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) 2070394 2025-07-17T11:29:00.148268 text/html 2015793 2024-10-23T17:15:07 text/html 2662227 2025-07-17T11:29:30.157152 application/epub+zip 2686515 2025-07-17T11:29:05.422251 application/epub+zip 694578 2025-07-17T11:29:02.663208 application/epub+zip 3225013 2025-07-17T11:29:46.197038 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 3133888 2025-07-17T11:29:27.255121 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1190265 2022-09-19T17:41:31.842811 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1491058 2025-07-17T11:28:55.013302 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1470912 2024-10-23T17:15:07 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19227 2025-07-17T11:29:46.397975 application/rdf+xml 3335 2025-07-17T11:29:03.059169 image/jpeg 771 2025-07-17T11:29:02.866181 image/jpeg 2517815 2025-07-17T11:29:00.316193 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia