English Society in the Eleventh Century (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): Essays in English Mediaeval History

It was the time of the “settlement of the Danes, the overthrow of the Anglo-Saxon system, and the beginnings of Norman rule.” Drawing on The Domesday Book, the great medieval historian considers the sweeping issues of mercenaries, feudalism, franchises, law, husbandry, peasants, landowners, free tenants, and more.