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	Alfred the Great - Wikipedia
		It is probable that this arrangement was definitely sanctioned by the Witangemot, to guard against the danger of a disputed succession should Aethelred fall in battle.
		Alfred's care for the administration of justice is testified both by history and legend; and the title "protector of the poor" was his by unquestioned right.
		That he was anxious to respect its rights is conclusively proved, but both the circumstances of the time and the character of the king would tend to throw more power into his hands.
	nostalgia.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alfred_the_Great (2515 words)

	The Covenant of Anglo-Saxon Heathenry :: Geleafawaer Fyrn Sida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Loaves would be offered at Husel as the first fruits of the harvest, and in many parts of England, lands which were hled for the growing of grain during the summer would be opened to common pasturage.
		At this time the Witangemot is generally convened for the fall.
		This festival originally marked the harvest of barley and rye, and it is also at this time that the beer would be brewed for the winter, and should be today as well.
	www.fyrnsede.org /index.php?module=subjects&func=printpage&pageid=11&scope=all (2762 words)

	L'Ombre de l'Olivier
		If you want to link to the satire then probably my copy is the best thing to link to since I have removed the logo which caused the most offense and replaced it with a different one.
		Earlier the month "ought to be a Witangemot member" Gary Monro discussed the "DD" viewpoint and is slightly more optimistic about the Tories, unfortunately Wonko found that DD was rather less sound on the Barnett Formula.
		You can recommend posts for next month if you join the Witangemot Yahoo group and possibly by submission to the Witangemot blog carnival entry (although it seems that Gareth created another one earlier that is doing a fine imperssion of a Norwegian Blue Parrot so some amalgamation may need to occur).
	www.di2.nu /200512/01.htm (1540 words)

	English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Harold I Harefoot. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		On the death of his father, Harold promptly took possession of his father's treasure and received the support of Earl Leofric of Mercia and the majority of the Danes.
		The great council, or Witangemot, meeting at Oxford, confirmed Harold as King, but Ethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury, refused to crown him.
		Queen Emma of Normandy, aided by the nobles of Wessex and particularly Earl Godwine, an extremely powerful nobleman who was married to Canute's sister, managed to retain control of Wessex, where Emma acted as regent in the absence of Hardicanute, who himself remained in Denmark.
	www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /vikings_3.htm (378 words)

	Wonko's World: Davis for England?
		Optiomates is a new entry in the Witanagemot so it surprised me to see this logo on his blog the other day...
		Luckily my faith in Gareth's choice of Witangemot members was restored when, "by request", optimates posted this...
		He's certainly played down the idea of an English parliament in favour of the bizzare English Votes on English Matters proposal of late but that may just be a ploy to make himself more electable amonsgt the backward unionists in the Conservative Party.
	www.wonkosworld.co.uk /blog/2005/10/davis-for-england.html (242 words)

	Salem Press
		Rather than declaring a new lord of Mercia, the witangemot, or parliamentary body charged with determining royal succession, hailed Æthelflæd as Myrcna hlæfdige (lady of the Mercians).
		This was the feminine counterpart of the title claimed by her husband: that is, the highest-ranking official of Mercia, yet acknowledging fealty to the West Saxon king (at that point her brother Edward).
		Again faced with choosing a leader for the former kingdom, the Mercian witangemot that had named Æthelflæd lady of Mercia bestowed the same title on her twenty-year-old daughter Ælfwynn.
	salempress.com /Store/samples/great_lives_from_history_middle_ages/great_lives_from_history_middle_ages_aethelflaed.htm (1972 words)

	Bikersweb.co.uk Chaos Crew Forums - Cnut
		After he died, and ****'s brother Harald had inherited Denmark and there was no inheritance, Cnut persuaded his father's crew to stay with him and back his assault on the English throne, especially since Aethelred had ran away to stay with his father-in-law, Duke Robert of Normandy.
		The Witangemot decided to ask Aethelred to return to England, Aethelred sent one of his sons to demand that the thanes and ealdormen renew their pledge of allegience to Aethelred and promise not to abandon that pledge, or he wasn't coming back.
		Three years later, after some unbelievable savagery and double dealing on boths sides (but especially by ealdorman Eadric Streona of Mercia) Aethelred died and Cnut defeated Edmund Ironsides at Assenden in Essex (although no-one is sure where that is) after the Essex tribe the Maisthevians changed sides at the critical moment and turned against Edmund.
	www.bikersweb.co.uk /forum/printthread.php?t=8538&pp=40 (1570 words)

	Steve Jackson Games Forums - Flat Black: status in the Empire
		Close family relations to the Emperor are not as important as whether or not the Family member is a Trustee.
		The witangemot (Council of the Wise) formally selected the king in pre-Norman England, but everybody pretty much knew who that was going to be before the official selection.
		That is largely because the members of the Witanargemot were, if not overawed by the military power of the leading candidates, aware that whomever they elected was going to have to hold on to power and run the country by his own resources.
	forums.sjgames.com /showthread.php?p=80488 (2485 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		It was composed of a body of nobles assembled by the king, and invested with lim- ited decision-making duties.
		The witangemot, however, had little power, and the king was bound to the decisions prima- rily to the extent of his personal control over it.
		It would thus be a mistake to see the origins of the state as arising from this body, as it served primarily as a legitim- izing mechanism for the royal position, possessing modest administrative tasks rather than existing as a coherent body of law or policy makers.
	www.soci.niu.edu /~jthomas/class/papers/SOCILAW.ASCII96 (21019 words)

	Replica Tag Watch
		Melee also has orchestrated tracks of classic Nintendo themes and victory fanfares, conducted by the levies of Somerset, Wiltshire and Somerset, and made the series of translations for the noblest of English history.
		Upon realizing the king's own designs, partly to repress the ravages of the Witangemot we do not hear very much under Alfred.
		He borrowed the watch, took it apart to draw all its pieces, then reassembled it and returned it running to its owner.
	watches.2vv1.com /replicatagwatch.html (787 words)

	Moments in History #1 Introduction and Death of William the Conqueror
		Earlier, as the eldest son of the Earl of Wessex, he had taken up arms against his King, Edward the Confessor, after Edward had confiscated the elder Earl’s lands, fearing him as a political rival.
		Edward was forced to return the lands by his Witangemot because they resented Edward’s close Norman connections and sided with Harold’s father in the dispute.
		This promise was subject to the will of the Witangemot, the council of chieftains to whom the King had to answer.
	www.users.bigpond.com /billmastermind/moments01.htm (1059 words)

	Online Book Reviews on Child Literature - Childrens Book Reviews
		On his deathbed in January of 1066 Edward told Harold Godwinson that he gave Harold "the kingdom to your protection."
		Harold was crowned king soon after Edward died and he had the full support of the witangemot (a kind of governing council).
		There was however someone else who felt that the crown of England belonged to him.
	www.lookingglassreview.com /Double_Take.html (1840 words)

	Blog Carnival - Links and Logos - witangemot roundup
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	blogcarnival.com /bc/cmark_155.html (239 words)

	A Brief History of Frome
		If Frome was a burgh a ditch and an earth rampart would have surrounded it with a wooden stockade on top.
		In 934 the king held a meeting of the Witangemot (a kind of Saxon parliament) at Frome.
		By the time of the Domesday Book (1086) Frome had grown into a busy little town.
	www.localhistories.org /frome.html (830 words)

	L'Ombre de l'Olivier
		As mentioned in my Witangemot round up yesterday, the Wear Valley District Council prefer to fly the blug rag of the EU to the Cross of St George.
		It seems that the local snoozepaper has a columnist who has decided to defend their choice.
		This one comes from fellow Witangemot member "Shooting Parrots" who read this in the Wapping Liar:
	www.di2.nu /200512/all.htm (15535 words)

	Tim Worstall: Britblog Roundup # 33
		I really do wish I understood either of the subjects so as to be able to appreciate it.
		Finally, if this isn’t enough reading foryou you can go and look at The Witangemot at the CEP.
		That’s English blogging rather than our British and Irish (and yes, we would like some more Irish entries please!)
	timworstall.typepad.com /timworstall/2005/10/britblog_roundu.html (1129 words)

	The Doctrine of Interposition - John Eidsmoe
		The Catholic Encyclopedia (1910 edition, "Langton, Stephen") calls Archbishop Langton "the soul of the movement that led to these results" and "the real author of the Magna Charta."
		In the years that followed the English Parliament, a continuation of the old Anglo-Saxon Witangemot or high council, gained in power and respect and frequently opposed the king.
		In 1327 the Parliament practiced interposition by deposing King Edward II on grounds of general incompetence, and in 1399 Parliament drafted and passed thirty-three articles of deposition against King Richard II, charging him with various counts of extravagance, favoritism, and tyranny.
	www.ccomcor.org /interposition.htm (7455 words)

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