The property record was known as domesday book because it seemed to the english not unlike the book of doom to be used by the greatest feudal lord of all on judgment day .

这本财产清册之所以叫做《末日审判书》是因为对英国人来说这本土地清册无疑就是最后审判日那天上帝所用的《末日书》。

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That is how they addressed him: don plus his given name and without the family name, a form of address somewhere between what might seem like familiarity and the veneration owed to a feudal Lord.

他们就是这么称呼他的：“先生”加上他的名而不加姓。这种称谓方式听起来有几分亲切，也有几分像是向封建主致敬。

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Historically, the samurai serving a daimyo, or feudal lord, would all wear similar armor, while here the mannequins sport different styles.

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"The ruling bodies of the gilds wielded an actual jurisdiction over their members, punishing them with the same punishments that a feudal lord imposed upon his serf, " writes historian Tom Girtin.

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