After Hastings: How William I Rewrote England's Landscape with the Domesday Book

In 1085, King William I ordered a survey so thorough that his subjects called it Domesday — the Day of Judgment. This episode unpacks the Domesday Book: not just a tax register but a revolutionary tool of control that recorded every manor, ox, and pig in Norman England. Lucas and Luna explore how William's commissioners interrogated local juries, uncovered land disputes, and created a document that still shapes English property law today. They discuss the book's structure — Little Domesday and Great Domesday — its omissions (London, Winchester, the North), and what it reveals about the brutal redistribution of land after 1066. Along the way, they touch on the 'terra regis', 'interpreting the Domesday Book', 'Little Domesday', 'Exeter Domesday', and the 'Domesday commissioners'. A deep dive into the Norman conquest's most enduring legacy. #DomesdayBook #DomesdaySurvey #WilliamTheConqueror #NormanConquest #MedievalEngland #1086 #LittleDomesday #GreatDomesday #Exchequer #FeudalSystem #TerraRegis #AngloSaxonEngland #DomesdayCommissioners #OathHelpers #PropertyHistory #ManorialSystem #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo