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Doomsday Book (other)
Doomsday Book may refer to: * ''Domesday Book'' or ''Doomsday Book'', an 11th-century survey of England * Doomsday Book (novel), ''Doomsday Book'' (novel), a 1992 novel by Connie Willis * Doomsday Book (film), ''Doomsday Book'' (film), a 2012 science-fiction anthology film directed by Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung See also * Domesday Book (other) * Doomsday (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manuscript was originally known by the Latin name ''Liber de Wintonia'', meaning "Book of Winchester", where it was originally kept in the royal treasury. The '' Anglo-Saxon Chronicle'' states that in 1085 the king sent his agents to survey every shire in England, to list his holdings and dues owed to him. Written in Medieval Latin, it was highly abbreviated and included some vernacular native terms without Latin equivalents. The survey's main purpose was to record the annual value of every piece of landed property to its lord, and the resources in land, manpower, and livestock from which the value derived. The name "Domesday Book" came into use in the 12th century. Richard FitzNeal wrote in the ''Dialogus de Scaccario'' ( 1179) that the book ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doomsday Book (novel)
''Doomsday Book'' is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards. The title of the book refers to the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086. Kivrin Engle, the main character, says that her recording is "a record of life in the Middle Ages, which is what William the Conqueror's survey turned out to be." The novel is the first in a series about the Oxford time-traveling historians, which includes ''To Say Nothing of the Dog'' (1998) and ''Blackout/All Clear'' (2010). Plot introduction Willis's mythos is a near future, first introduced in her story " Fire Watch" (1982), in which historians conduct field work by traveling into the past as observers. The research is conducted at the University of Oxford in mid-21st century England. In the book's fictional universe, history resists time travel that would cause the past to be altered by preventing visits to certain places or times. Typically ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doomsday Book (film)
''Doomsday Book'' (; lit. "Report on the Destruction of Mankind") is a 2012 South Korean science-fiction anthology film directed by Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung. It tells three unique stories of human self-destruction in the modern high-tech era, while displaying an alternative form of genuine humanity and compassion. ''A Brave New World'' is a political satire about a viral zombie outbreak; ''The Heavenly Creature'' philosophizes on whether a robot can achieve enlightenment; and in ''Happy Birthday'' a dysfunctional family bonds in the midst of an apocalypse. It won the top prize at the 2012 Fantasia Festival. The jury honored it with the Cheval Noir Award for best film for "its intelligence and originality." Production ''Doomsday Book'' was originally conceived as a three-part anthology film to be directed by Kim Jee-woon, Yim Pil-sung, and Han Jae-rim. Filming began on May 21, 2006, but shortly after Kim and Yim had shot their segments, financing fell apart and the film was p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domesday Book (other)
Domesday Book is a record of the great survey of England completed in 1086. Domesday Book may also refer to: * ''Domesday Book'', the newsletter of the Castle & Crusade Society * Exeter Domesday Book, land and tax register See also * Doomsday (other) * Doomsday Book (other) * BBC Domesday Project The BBC Domesday Project was a partnership between Acorn Computers, Philips, Logica, and the BBC (with some funding from the European Commission's ESPRIT programme) to mark the 900th anniversary of the original ''Domesday Book'', an 11th-centu ... * Domesday (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
