Carol Symes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IMAGE)

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Carol Symes, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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University of Illinois history professor Carol Symes, an expert on medieval manuscripts, dug into the origins of a book revered in English history - the "Domesday Book" - and found a different story of its creation, as well as a record of grievances against the Norman conquest.

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