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Doomsdaybook .uk/domesday/glossary/default.htm who writes history, with what agenda in mind, and towards what ends? how accurate can a historian ever hope to be, analyzing past events from the vantage point of the historians present? does the historians own perspective, impacted as it undoubtedly is by gender, age, national and ideological affiliation, etc., contribute to an agenda that the historians work is playing into, unwittingly or consciously? what about the types of sources, both primary and secondary, an historian chooses to base his or her work upon? Do they too contribute to the above-mentioned agenda? does the very selection of sources (and, by extension, the decision to exclude certain other sources) prejudice the outcome of the historians work in certain ways? et cetera... Discover doomsday Domesday is our most famous and earliest surviving public record. It is a highly detailed survey and valuation of all the land held by the King and his chief tenants, along with all the resources that went with the land in late 11th century England. The survey was a massive enterprise, and the record of that survey, Domesday Book, was a remarkable achievement. There is nothing like it in England until the censuses of the 19th century. In 1066 William Duke of Normandy defeated the Anglo-Saxon King, Harold II, at the Battle of Hastings and became King of England. In 1085 England was again threatened with invasion, this time from Denmark. William had to pay for the mercenary army he hired to defend his kingdom. To do this he needed to know what financial and military resources were available to him. How was it made? Stage 1All Norman lords who had been given land by King William were asked to gather details about their lands. This information was sent to King William’s advisors. Stage 2King William then sent groups of officials to most parts of England to check the details that the Norman lords had sent in. They were also told to get even more information. Stage 3When