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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...
- 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...
- 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...
-
powerful of the
English aristocrats.
Harold was
elected king by the
Witenagemot of
England and
crowned by the
Archbishop of York, Ealdred,
although Norman...
- emerged.
Among them were
Harold Godwinson (recognised as king by the
Witenagemot after the
death of
Edward the Confessor),
Harald Hardrada (King of Norway...
-
palace in
Cheddar was used
several times in the 10th
century to host the
Witenagemot. The
nature of the
relations between the
Britons and the
Saxons in Somerset...
- 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...
- (Anglo-Saxon): Moot)
Folkmoot Jamtamót, the old ****embly of Jämtland
Witenagemot, the High
Council of Anglo-Saxon
England Moot hall, a
meeting or ****embly...
- West
Saxon shire and the Anglo-Saxon kingdom. The Witan, also
called Witenagemot, was the
council of kings; its
essential duty was to
advise the king...
