The Domesday Survey in the late eleventh century cast terror into the hearts of the English people. If a King could know this much, surely he would be all powerful?
The first programme in this series, which traces the amazing growth of public information and official records through the last thousand years, sets out to discover just why and how the fateful Domesday Book was written.
Presenter Bettany Hughes reveals why most historians have perhaps misunderstood the Book - and how it led very rapidly to the foundation of the tax system we have today.
Read more in the programme transcript.
Breaking the Seal in more depth:
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme One - Domesday
BBC
Introducing an episode in the series 'Breaking the Seal', which traces the growth of public information from the Domesday book to our present day tax... Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme One - Domesday
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme two - Tax
BBC
A programme summary for Tax, the second programme of the BBC/OU's series Breaking the Seal. Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme two - Tax
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme three - Military
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Introducing a programme in the 'Breaking the Seal' series which investigates military records. Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme three - Military
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme four - Church
BBC
Introducing an episode in the series 'Breaking the Seal' which deals with church records. Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme four - Church
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme five - Legal
BBC
Introducing an episode of the series Breaking the Seal, which explores how legal records can reveal the past Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme five - Legal
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme Six - Land
BBC
Introducing an episode of the 'Breaking the Seal' series which looks at the value of land records and the difficulty of knowing who owns Britain. Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme Six - Land
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Books
BBC
Find out how to start reading documents - start with some modern books. Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Books
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Meet our experts
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Meet the experts featured in the OU's Breaking The Seal series Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Meet our experts
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Taking it further: Courses
BBC
Has the series left you hungry for more history? Could our courses be the first step in taking it further? Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Taking it further: Courses
OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme Six - Land
BBC
Introducing an episode of the 'Breaking the Seal' series which looks at the value of land records and the difficulty of knowing who owns Britain. Read more : OU on the BBC: Breaking the Seal - Programme Six - Land
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