The Doomsday Book
The Doomsday Book was Britain’s earliest ______
Public Record
What did it record
His voyage of discovery
Who was it written by
What is an example of Anglo-Norman poetry (read in class)
Beowulf
614
Doomsday recorded _____ and ______
Land and property
When did the voyage take place
A.D. 512-530
When was it written
1136
What are its characteristics
Romance and light tones
What language is it written in
Latin
What language was it written in
What monster did he encounter
Jasconius
What language was it written in
Latin
What themes do Anglo-Norman poetry contain
Religious and didactic poems, dialogues And debates, and chronicles
Who is the author
Thomas Aquinas
What King was it under
King William the Conqueror
What was he looking for
Earthly Paradise
What type of genre is it
Pseudohistory
What language was it written in
Anglo-Norman
What is the purpose
Instructional guide for teachers and novices of Catholicism
Why is it called Doomsday
What is Saint Brendan the patron saint of
Sailors and United States Navy
Why did he write it
To gain political favor an to establish the right of his Norman kings to rule over Britain
Christianity
What is a unusual characteristic of the book
It is unfinished