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The Domesday Book was written in Latin.

The Domesday Book was written in Latin.

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It was mainly written in Latin, although there were some vernacular words inserted for native terms with no previous Latin equivalent.

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Why is Domesday written in latin?

It was written in latin because it was the most used written language. In an age when virtually the only people who could read and write were priests, who used latin every day, it made sense to write in that language.


Why did they call the book Domesday book?

The Domesday book was given that name because taxpayers knew the judgments in it could not be appealed, like they would be in doomsday, when all people would be judged. There is a link to an article explaining it in more detail below.


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 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.


Why did Wiesel in the book Night use original language in some parts of the book?

He used original language in all of it, translations may vary.

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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.


Why is Domesday written in latin?

It was written in latin because it was the most used written language. In an age when virtually the only people who could read and write were priests, who used latin every day, it made sense to write in that language.


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 was the money in the 11th century?

The Doomsday Domesday Book (1086) surgests they used pounds, shillings and pence.


The Domesday Book was used by William the Conqueror to .?

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.


As ruler of England William the Conqueror ordered records to be included in the Domesday Book which was used to?

levy and collect taxes


Is the domesday book still useful today?

yes. it helps us find out about how England used to look like


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


Why did they call the book Domesday book?

The Domesday book was given that name because taxpayers knew the judgments in it could not be appealed, like they would be in doomsday, when all people would be judged. There is a link to an article explaining it in more detail below.


What materials were used to make the domesday book?

The Domesday Book was written on sheets of parchment, which is made from animal skin. It was written in Latin using ink made from oak galls and water. The information was recorded by scribes using quill pens.


What is used to write the Bulgarian language?

The Cyrillic alphabet for Bulgarian is used to write Bulgarian.


What language is used to write on the internet?

java