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‘The Great Survey’ which told William the value, ownership and resources owned in England in 1085 and allowed him to calculate how much taxes he could charge was known as what?

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The Domesday Book

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Domesday is Britain’s earliest public record. It contains the results of a huge survey of land and landholding commissioned by William I in 1085. Domesday is by the far the most complete record of pre-industrial society to survive anywhere in the world and provides a unique window on the medieval world

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