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52 matches to Domesday Book
Domesday Book. 1086. Census and survey of England. Ordered by William I as basis for taxation.
Taxation. On Income 1193. On Cooking Oil: 1000BC Egypt. Foreigners: 400BC Greece. Imports 1CBC Rome. Property: 453BC Greece, 1642 England. Sales: 49BC Rome. 1973 UK VAT. Inheritance: 23BC Rome. Salt: 1286-1790 France. Hair Powder: 1795-1869 Hearths: 1663-89. Cards: 1615. Whiskey. Eisphora. Boadicea. Godiva. Danegeld. Domesday Book. Tithes.
William I. The Conqueror. c1027-87. Norman conquest of England, 1066. Defeated Harold II at Hastings. Ordered Domesday Survey 1085. Built Tower of London 1086. Imported feudal system.
Aldine Editions. 1490-1597. Quality books printed by Aldo Manuzio and family, Venice.
Amram bar Shishna. -875. Hebrew scholar. Oldest prayer book. Seder Rab Amram.
Apocrypha. 14 Books of the Old Testament excluded by Protestants and Jews.
Apostolic Constitutions. c380BC. Books of ecclesiastic law.
Baedeker, Karl. 1801-59. German guidebook publisher 1846-.
Bell Book and Candle. Roman Catholic excommunication.
Belloc, Hilaire. 1870-1953. French/English writer: Bad Child’s Book of Beasts 1896. Cautionary Tales 1907.
Bibliothèque Nationale. French National Library begun by Charles V collection now houses 20M works. 7M Books.
Blake, William. 1757-1827. English mystical poet and engraver of his own books. Marriage of Heaven and Hell 1790-3. Job 1821. Dante’s Divine Comedy 1825.
Book of Common Prayer. 1549. Church of England official prayer book.
Book of Concord. 1580. Lutheran liturgy: Apostles’ Creed, Nicene Creeds, Augsburg Confession.
Book of the Dead. 24-16C BC. Egyptian prayers and spells buried with deceased.
Browning, Robert. 1812-89. English epic poet: Ring and the Book.
Burning of the Books. 213BC. Chinese censorship. To erase all history before reign of Shih Huang-ti.
Caxton, William. c1422-91. Printed first English book 1473/4. First printer in England, 1476. Published Chaucer, Aesop. First woodcuts appear in Game and Playe of Chesse 1476. First poster 1477.
Chambers, William and Robert. 19C.Scottish reference book publishers.
Chippendale, Thomas. 1718-79. English neoclassical furniture designer. Book of Patterns, 1752.
Chu Hsi. 1130-1200. Chinese Neo-Confucian. Four Books 1189. Individual goodness can be brought out by study of the classics.
Concord, Book of. 1580. Synthesis of creeds and catechisms of Lutheranism.
Deuteronomy. 5th Book of Bible. Includes 10 Commandments and other laws. Law code found c622BC in Temple of Jerusalem.
Dharma-sastra. 8C BC. Sanskrit books of Hindu family law.
Fibonacci, Leonardo. 1170-1240. Pisa mathematician. Book of Abacus 1202. Fibonacci Numbers 1203. Practica Geometrica 1220.