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Doomsday Book;Content: Describe in remarkable detail, the landholdings and resources of the late 11th-century England; Demonstrate the power of the government machine in the first century of the new Millennium(千年), and its deep thirst for information. Used for: administrative and legal purposes Nicknamed: from native English, after God’s final Day of Judgment.;Records: All land and property, as well as every mill and cottage, as well as every cow and pig. The rights and duties of every landowner and every court. Evaluate: The Doomsday Book is the first great national survey of England, a record of who owned every piece of land and property in the kingdom. ;Feudalism After the Norman Conquest;;Question: －Why couldn’t William rule every part of the country himself ?;Steps: ⑴Build his own castle---the Tower of London---so that it dominated the city. ⑵Build the first castle at Windsor. →Castles represent a visible threat to the people of England. Establishment: Divide up England into very large plots of land. Give these lands to those noblemen. P.S.: These noblemen had to swear an oath to William: collect taxes; provide the king with soldier when they were told to do so. ;Hierarchical System: The King ↓ Lords (Barons, Earls and Dukes.) ↓ Knights ↓ The Conquered People P.S.: In the terms of the feudal system, I. Barons, Earls and Dukes→Tenants-in-Chief. II. The knights→Sub-Tenants.;