Join us for an evening with Max Adams as we discuss his newest book Domesday: 1,000 miles on foot through the England of the Norman Conquest

Join us for an evening with Max Adams as we discuss his newest book Domesday: 1,000 miles on foot through the England of the Norman Conquest.

When King William I sent his agents to survey every shire in England, he asked them to list his holdings and calculate what was owed to him. The manuscript record of the resulting ‘Great Survey’ is not just a tax record, but a unique window onto the structure of English administration and economy before and immediately after the Norman Conquest: its shires and hundreds, acres, hides and townships.

In Domesday, Max Adams re-treads the path taken in 1085 by King William I’s agents, taking us on foot through the very sites covered by one of the most iconic documents of English history. In this fascinating new history, Adams explores this unique portrait of a land and its people, bringing the past into intimate contact with the present.

After the talk, there will be a Q & A with the audience followed by a signing.

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