The Nonsense is that this article is completely swamped by citations to land holdings.
That's not a balanced treatment of the man's life. This article is not supposed to be about his Domesday holdings which are completely insignificant historically, it is supposed to be his biography.
We do not use this treatment in general for our biographical entries, and we shouldn't set the pace with this article. I would suggest, moving all the holdings to WikiSource and just pointing at them. That would be more normative for this sort of documentary evidence.
Will Johnson
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WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
The Nonsense is that this article is completely swamped by citations to land holdings.
That's not a balanced treatment of the man's life. This article is not supposed to be about his Domesday holdings which are completely insignificant historically, it is supposed to be his biography.
Sorry, you hold what qualification in medieval history to make this comment? What do you think the so-called "feudal system" was about if not the holding of land, which made up most of the economy of Europe from say 600 to at least 1600?
Feel free to expand the remainder of the article.
Charles