Who gave the domesday book its name?

Answer 1

When people came to collect tax from the peasants, it was a bad day, a day of doom, so people called the book the domesday book. They just couldn't spell
First of all, the manuscript did not carry a formal title, the work was referred to as a 'survey'. To the English, at the time, the book was held in awe and the word 'doom' was the Old English word for 'law or judgment' and did not mean disaster as is does in modern times. . The book became known as the 'Doomsday Book' in an allusion to the Last Judgment as is was 'a strict and terrible last account that cannot be evaded by any skillful subterfuge'. The decisions contained in the book, like those of the Last Judgment were unalterable. Further to this, the document became connected with the Latin phrase Domus Dei or House of God, as the book was kept in a church in Winchester. As a result of this, an alternative spelling of 'Domesdei' became popular for a while. The word Domusdei having similarities to Doomsday.

Answer 2

the normans