{"slug": "domesday-book", "label": "Domesday Book", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domesday_Book", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q19867", "qid": "Q19867", "description": "manuscript record of the \"Great Survey\" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1085, 1280], "span_label": ["1085 CE", "1280 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 4}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "william-the-conqueror", "label": "William the Conqueror", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1085, "year_label": "1085 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Domesday Survey is commissioned by King William the Conqueror, apparently prompted by the abortive invasion of Canute IV, to ensure proper taxation and levies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362159073#England", "title": "1085", "revid": 1362159073, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1086, "year_label": "1086 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The Domesday Book is completed. Drawn up on the orders of William I; it describes in detail the landholdings and resources in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1277859585#England", "title": "1086", "revid": 1277859585, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1255, "year_label": "1255 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "A survey of royal privileges is conducted, which is included in the Hundred Rolls, a census seen as a follow-up to the Domesday Book (completed in 1086). The Hundred Rolls is later completed with two larger surveys, in 1274/75 and 1279/80.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1315790496#The_British_Isles", "title": "1255", "revid": 1315790496, "section": "Events › By place › The British Isles"}}, {"year": 1274, "year_label": "1274 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The first main survey of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow-up to the Domesday Book (completed in 1086), is begun; it lasts until 1275.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356688810#England", "title": "1274", "revid": 1356688810, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1275, "year_label": "1275 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The first main survey of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow-up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is finished; it began in 1274.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365270169#British_Isles", "title": "1275", "revid": 1365270169, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1279, "year_label": "1279 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "The second of two main surveys of the Hundred Rolls, a census seen as a follow-up to the Domesday Book completed in 1086, is begun; it lasts until 1280.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487704#England", "title": "1279", "revid": 1362487704, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1280, "year_label": "1280 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": null, "text": "The second of two main surveys of the Hundred Rolls, an English census seen as a follow-up to the Domesday Book (completed in 1086), is finished; it began in 1279.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362487782#Events", "title": "1280", "revid": 1362487782, "section": "Events"}}]}