A major new exhibition this summer will see the Domesday Book, the earliest surviving public record, make a once-in-a-generation trip to Lincoln Castle. The document was commissioned in 1086 by William the Conqueror following his successful invasion 20 years earlier. Domesday gave the king a picture of his realm by recording the taxable value and…
A major new exhibition this summer will see the Domesday Book, the earliest surviving public record, make a once-in-a-generation trip to Lincoln Castle. The document was commissioned in 1086 by William the Conqueror following his successful invasion 20 years earlier. Domesday gave the king a picture of his realm by recording the taxable value and…