Orders of Knighthood are the most exclusive and prestigious institutions in the world. Originally the preserve of royalty and aristocracy, they now include amongst their membership tycoons such as Rupert Murdoch, entertainers (Sir Mick Jagger, for example) and world leaders (Nelson Mandela). Burke's Peerage and Gentry have now produced a major new study of the extant orders of knighthood and ...
Domesday Explorer: Great Domesday Book on CD-ROM John Palmer, Matthew Palmer and George Slater Domesday Book, England's oldest and most famous public record, describes the condition of England south of the river Tees in 1066 and 1086. William the Co