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Choose a Page:What did soldiers wear?What was a siege?When were the Middle Ages?What is the Bayeux tapestry?Who were knights?Did everyone go to school?Why were castles built?What were the Crusades?What was a joust?Who were the Templars?What did people eat?What were the towns like?Who was Marco Polo?*What was the Domesday Book?* What was the Domesday Book? This book was a great survey of England ordered by William the Conqueror. Completed in 1086, it included details of the estates of the king's tenants, and was used to collect taxes. A Norman estate   Previous: Back Book: 1001 Section: History Chapter: The Middle Ages