During the last years of his reign, King William (the Conqueror) had his power threatened from a number of quarters. The greatest threats came from King Canute of Denmark and King Olaf of Norway. In the Eleventh Century, part of the taxes raised went into a fund called the Danegeld, which was kept to buy off marauding Danish armies. One of the most likely reasons for the record to be commissioned, was for William to …showed first 75 words of 836 total…

…showed last 75 words of 836 total…now being taken." The mass of evidence produced was written down in Latin - as was the survey as a whole - and this was then sorted several times until it could be put into counties, landholders, hundreds or wapentakes, and manors. Bibliography: Encyclopedia. "Domesday Book." May 1981. January 2004. http://www.encyclopedia.com/html/d/domesday.asp excerpts from the Domesday book were taken by.. Sue, Lisa. "Amazon Book Review." August 1999. January 2004. http://www.amazon.com