Winchester in the early Middle Ages an edition and discussion of the Winton domesday Frank Barlow, Martin Biddle, Olof von Feilitzen and D.J. Keene ; with contributions by T.J. Brown, H.M. Nixon and Francis Wormald ; edited by Martin Biddle

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biddle, Martin, editor.

Series:

Winchester studies 1

Language:

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Winchester (England)--History--Sources.

Winchester (England).

Land tenure--England--Winchester--History--To 1500--Sources.

Land tenure.

Manuscripts, Medieval--England--Winchester.

Manuscripts, Medieval.

Anglo-Saxons--England--Winchester.

Anglo-Saxons.

Normans--England--Winchester.

Normans.

Domesday book.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxi, 612 pages, 19 unnumbered leaves of plates) illustrations (black and white, and colour)

Place of Publication:

Oxford Archaeopress Publishing Ltd 2025

Language Note:

Text in English and Latin, partially translated from the Latin

Summary:

London and Winchester were not described in the Domesday Book, but the royal properties in Winchester were surveyed for Henry I about 1110 and the whole city was surveyed for Bishop Henry of Blois in 1148. These two surveys survive in a single manuscript, known as the Winton Domesday, and constitute the earliest and by far the most detailed description of an English or European town of the early Middle Ages. In the period covered Winchester probably achieved the peak of its medieval prosperity. From the reign of Alfred to that of Henry II it was a town of the first rank, initially centre of Wessex, then the principal royal city of the Old English state, and finally 'capital' in some sense, but not the largest city, of the Norman Kingdom. This volume provides a full edition, translation, and analyses of the surveys and of the city they depict

Notes:

Previously issued in print: Oxford: Clarendon, 1976

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on April 29, 2025)

Contains:

Winton Domesday

Winton Domesday. English

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781803270173

Access Restriction:

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