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King William created the Domesday Book to determine the value of the property of England. He wanted to know how much taxes he could collect from his newly conquered land. It gives us the one picture of the way common people lived in Europe during that period.
The Domesday Book was used by William to Conqueror to create a system of taxation for England.
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As ruler of England William the Conqueror ordered records to be included in the Domesday Book which was used to?
levy and collect taxes
What is the dooms day book used by William the conquerer?
The Domesday Book was a survey of England completed by William the Conqueror in 1086. It was used to assess land ownership and value for tax purposes. The book provided detailed information about landholdings, resources, and populations of different regions in England at the time.
What was the Domesday book used for?
The Domesday Book is a survey of all of England. William the conqueror created the Domesday Book, to keep a record of all the land in England, when the Danish army were going to invade England. The barons went and asked the villages about how much land they had, price when king Edward was alive and the price now. All of this information was kept as a record for William. The knights would threaten to kill anyone who lies. When William had the book he was able to take lands away from people when he needed it and he knew how much the land was worth. William also was able to know how much tax to charge because the more it was worth the more taxes they had to pay.
What did the domes day book include?
The Domesday Book was a survey of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of William the Conqueror. It recorded the landholdings, resources, and taxable values of the kingdom at that time. The book was used to help establish taxation and clarify land ownership.
What were the range of methods used by William?
William used a lot of methods.These are most of the methods he used: castles,feudalism,domesday book and the succesion of hastings....hope this helped! :DD
What year was the Domesday book written and what was it written on?
The Domesday Book was commissioned in December 1085 by William the Conqueror, who invaded England in 1066. The first draft was completed in August 1086 and contained records for 13,418 settlements in the English counties south of the rivers Ribble and Tees (the border with Scotland at the time). The main volume, Great Domesday, is written on sheep-skin parchment using black and red ink only (red used for the county titles atop each page, and corrections and alterations).
What two colors of ink were used in the Domesday book?
The two colours of ink used in the Domesday book were red ink and brown ink.
What happened after the Domesday book?
in the domesday book, the identification of the villigers. It was baisicly a history book.
What is the difference between a household list and the domesday book?
The Domesday Book is basically the first census, and detailed jobs, people and also the place in which they lived....whereas a household list, is just that a sort of ledger book, detailing costs of the house.
What language was used to write the Domesday book?
The Domesday Book was written in Latin. The Domesday Book was written in Latin.
How much land was used for arable farming in the domesday book?
In the Domesday Book, approximately 1.8 million hectares of land were recorded as being used for arable farming. This constituted a significant portion of the total land area surveyed in the book.
What did William the Conqueror use the new forest for?
he used it for hunting
