CLAS105 Lecture 7: Sept.24.15 CLAS 105
10 Nov 2015
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Book divided by manor , each entry recording: who owns (& owned) the land, value of land before 1066, and in 1086, * remarkable * decline, proof that invasion was * very * disruptive, extent and type(s) of land. If king needed more income, where could he look: effective taxation of land, fixed rate by quantity & type, value of royal land (for sale , value of revenues due from royal land, miscellaneous dues, traditional payments in kind (e. g. honey, knights for military service. Top down view of what was important: sources of income recorded, not sinks, castles, fortifications etc, only adult males counted, social status pegged to husband"s, any production by the woman and children would be counted as a household accomplishment, if the woman was not married then her stats would be under her father, husband = the face of the house, raw number x 4. 5 = total production.
