Domesday Book

Summary

Domesday Book is a manuscript^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.14% of manuscript entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57,110 views/month, #1 of 713).^[2]

Key Facts

• Domesday Book is in the country of United Kingdom^[3].
• Domesday Book's instance of is recorded as manuscript^[4].
• Domesday Book's instance of is recorded as land register^[5].
• Domesday Book's instance of is recorded as cadastre^[6].
• Domesday Book's commissioned by is recorded as William the Conqueror^[7].
• Domesday Book's collection is recorded as UK National Archives^[8].
• Domesday Book's inventory number is recorded as E 31/2/2^[9].
• Domesday Book's Commons category is recorded as Domesday Book^[10].
• Domesday Book's language of work or name is recorded as medieval Latin^[11].
• 1100 marks the founding of Domesday Book^[12].
• 1086 marks the founding of Domesday Book^[13].
• Domesday Book was released on 1086^[14].
• Domesday Book's has edition or translation is recorded as Open Domesday^[15].
• Domesday Book's has edition or translation is recorded as Translation of the Devonshire Domesday^[16].
• Domesday Book's has edition or translation is recorded as Translation of the Sussex Domesday^[17].
• Domesday Book's has edition or translation is recorded as Domesday Book: A Complete Translation^[18].
• Domesday Book's has edition or translation is recorded as Domesday Book: A Complete Translation^[19].
• Domesday Book's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Domesday Book^[20].
• Domesday Book's Commons gallery is recorded as Domesday Book^[21].
• Domesday Book's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[22].
• Domesday Book's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• Domesday Book's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[24].
• Domesday Book's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[25].
• Domesday Book's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[26].
• Domesday Book's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[27].

Body

Publication

Domesday Book was published on 1086^[14]. Its language of work or name is recorded as medieval Latin^[11].

Cultural Impact

Things named for Domesday Book include BBC Domesday Project^[28], a crowdsourcing^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1984^[31].

Why It Matters

Domesday Book ranks in the top 0.14% of manuscript entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (57,110 views/month, #1 of 713).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include BBC Domesday Project^[28], a crowdsourcing^[29], in United Kingdom^[30], founded in 1984^[31].