The five volumes of this work present circa. 2000 families whose histories illustrate the political and social life of England and the Continent 1020- 1320 A.D. Besides the over 700 proven families others are included which have probable descent from Domesday Book (1086) time. Please te that these volumes are scanned reproductions of Charles Graves' original manuscript.
Charles Graves was born in 1932 at Syracuse, New York. He studied at Princeton and holds an M. Litt. from Oxford. He pursued a career in international relations at Geneva, Switzerland and earned a doctorate from Basel University. He has published books on the history of religions and the development of languages. Families of the Domesday Book occupied him for 25 years. Many hours were spent at the British Library preparing the volumes.