Domesday Economy: A New Approach to Anglo-Norman HistoryA remarkable work, the Domesday Book contains detailed and comprehensive information on ownership, income, resources, and fiscal responsibilities for almost evey manor of Norman England in 1086. The bewildering and voluminous data of the Domesday Book has baffled economists in the past, but Snooks and McDonald have compiled an unequaled new interpretation of this ancient work now in its 900th anniversary. Using modern economic theory and statistical techniques, the authors reappraise the relationship between manorial revenue and resources to attain a new perspective on the English economy between 1066 and 1086. |
Contents
The economy and Survey of 1086 | 13 |
Old and new approaches | 37 |
Tax assessments for the geld | 51 |
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Domesday Economy: A New Approach to Anglo-Norman History John McDonald,Graeme Donald Snooks Limited preview - 1986 |
Domesday Economy: A New Approach to Anglo-Norman History John McDonald,G. D. Snooks Limited preview - 1986 |
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analysis Anglo-Saxon annual value B₁ B₂ bordars boroughs cent Chapter coefficient of determination Darby demesne dependent variable Domesday Book Domesday data Domesday economy Domesday England ecclesiastical manors economic elasticity of substitution Essex and Wiltshire Essex lay manors Essex regression example explanatory variables F distribution feudal Figure functional form geld hetero heteroskedasticity hides homoskedastic increase input interpretation isoquant J. H. Round labour land linear livestock log-linear logarithm Loyn LS estimates Maitland manorial production marginal products marginal rate meadow method null hypothesis observations output parameter partial elasticities peasants plough-teams production function R₁ R₂ random disturbance random variable rate of substitution resource levels resource variables returns to scale Round Sato scatter diagram shillings slaves ẞ₁ ẞ₂ sum of squares Survey t-ratios Table tax assessments test statistic unbiased estimator V₁ V₁₁ values and resources variance villeins Wiltshire lay Wiltshire regression y₁ zero