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Witenagemote
Witenagemote Wit"e*na*ge*mote` (?; 277), n. [AS. witena
gem[=o]t an assembly of the wise; wita a wise man + gem[=o]t
assembly.] (AS. Hist.)
A meeting of wise men; the national council, or legislature,
of England in the days of the Anglo-Saxons, before the Norman
Conquest.
Meaning of Witenagemot from wikipedia
- thegns, and bishops.
Meetings of the
witan were
sometimes called the
witenagemot. Its
primary function was to
advise the king on legislation, judicial...
-
Weights and
Measures Acts are acts of the
British Parliament determining the
regulation of
weights and measures. It also
refers to
similar royal and parliamentary...
- folkesmōt; Norwegian: folkemøte) was analogous, the
forerunner to the
witenagemōt "royal council" and a
precursor of the
modern Parliament of the United...
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powerful of the
English aristocrats.
Harold was
elected king by the
Witenagemot of
England and
crowned by the
Archbishop of York, Ealdred,
although Norman...
- King
Edward the Confessor, died
without an heir on 5
January 1066, the
Witenagemot convened and
chose Harold to
succeed him; he was
probably the
first English...
- emerged.
Among them were
Harold Godwinson (recognised as king by the
Witenagemot after the
death of
Edward the Confessor),
Harald Hardrada (King of Norway...
- England. However, the
English nobility took a
different view, and the
Witenagemot recalled Æthelred from Normandy. The
restored king
swiftly led an army...
- odds with his
elder brother Harold (who had been
elected king by the
Witenagemot on the
death of Edward).
Having been
ousted from his
position as Earl...
- of Godwin, Edward's
earlier opponent.
Harold was
elected king by the
Witenagemot of
England and
crowned by Ealdred, the
Archbishop of York,
although Norman...
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Legislature Loya
Jirga Naadam State Great Khural Thing (****embly)
Veche Witenagemot World Nomad Games World Turks Qurultai Derived from
Russian хурултай...
