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	witenagemot - Encyclopedia.com
		witenagemot [Old Eng.,=meeting of counselors], a session of the counselors (the witan) of a king in Anglo-Saxon England.
		These facts discredit the old argument that the witenagemot was similar to the later representative Parliament and make it clear that the witan were more analogous to the later Curia Regis.
		Although the number of members and the functions varied with each realm and each king, the counsel and assent of the group were usually sought by the king in matters of laws, taxes, foreign negotiations, national defense, and the bestowal of privileged estates.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-witenage.html (1164 words)

	Witenagemot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Witenagemot (also called the Witan, more properly the title of its members) was a political institution in Anglo-Saxon England which operated between approximately the 7th century and 11th century.
		Before the unification of England in the 9th century, separate witenagemots were convened by the Kings of Essex, Kent, Mercia, Northumbria, Sussex and Wessex.
		The witenagemot was in some respects a predecessor to Parliament, but had substantially different powers and some major limitations, such as a lack of a fixed procedure, schedule, or meeting place.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Witenagemot (523 words)

	Witan - LoveToKnow 1911
		The number of counsellors attending the meetings of the witan varied considerably from time to time.
		"In a witenagemot held at Luton in November A.D. 931 were the two archbishops, two Welsh princes, seventeen bishops, fif teen ealdormen, five abbots and fifty-nine ministri.
		Of Edgar's witenagemots, the one of A.D. 966 contained the king's mother, two archbishops, seven bishops, five ealdormen and fifteen ministri; and this is a fair specimen of the usual proportion" (Stubbs, Const.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Witan (693 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Witenagemot
		These facts discredit the old argument that the witenagemot was similar to the later representative Parliament and make it clear that the witan were more analogous to the later Curia Regis.
		Although the number of members and the functions varied with each realm and each king, the counsel and assent of the group were usually sought by the king in matters of laws, taxes, foreign negotiations, national defense, and the bestowal of privileged estates.
		With the union of the heptarchy under the crown of Egbert, the heptarchic Witenagemots were merged in a single Witenagemot for united England.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Witenagemot (1579 words)

	History Channel Search Results (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It may have had the power to elect a king, especially if succession was disputed, and it deliberated on all new laws, made treaties, served as a supreme court of justice, authorized the levying of extraordinary taxation and the granting of land, and raised military forces.
		Thereafter the witenagemot of Wessex gradually developed into a single assembly for the whole country.
		After the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the witenagemot was superseded by the Great Council, an advisory body to the Anglo-Norman kings.
	www.historychannel.com /encyclopedia/article.jsp?link=FWNE.fw..wi062600.a (203 words)

	Witenagemot
		Also known the Witan, the Witenagemot was in English history an Anglo-Saxon convocation of the land's most powerful and important people including senior clergy, ealdormen[?] and the leading thegns[?].
		Summoned by the king, they would advise on the administration and organisation of the kingdom, dealing with issues such as taxation, jurisprudence and both internal and external security.
		The best-known sitting of the council was that which on January 5, 1066 approved the succession to the kingship of Harold Godwinson following the death of Edward the Confessor.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/wi/Witenagemot.html (86 words)

	Stevens: Sources of the Constitution: Chapter 3
		But as the petty kingdoms were slowly aggregated into the great heptarchic kingdoms, there grew up for each enlarged nationality a Witenagemot, or council of the chiefs — the witan or wise — and folkmoots or old assemblies of the freemen sank into shiremoots, of which the new kingdom might have many.
		The folkmoot was left to the shire, the Witenagemot was gathered round the king.
		With the union of the heptarchy under the crown of Egbert, the heptarchic Witenagemots were merged in a single Witenagemot for united England.
	www.constitution.org /cmt/ces/cessc_3.htm (6105 words)

	867-868 (Nordisk familjebok / Uggleupplagan. 32. Werth - Väderkvarn) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Witenagemot deltog med konungen i den civila och kyrkliga lagstiftningen, i extraordinarie skatters bestämmande, i afgörande af frågor om krig och fred samt i andra viktiga allmänna ärenden, och dess bifall fordrades vid gåfvor och förläning af jord.
		Witenagemot var högsta domstol och valde konung, hvarvid valfriheten dock starkt begränsades aí sedvanerätt.
		Efter normandiska eröfringen upphörde namnet witenagemot att brukas.
	www.runeberg.org /nfcl/0466.html (673 words)

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		There is a division of views among scholars as to the relationship of the early institution of the Anglo-Saxon Witenagemot and the later Parliament.
		With the Norman Conquest, the Curia Regis came to serve both as the king's council and the witenagemot of the nation.
		Whereas the Anglo-Saxon Witenagemot was an assembly of the wise men of the nation, the Norman Curia Regis was the court of the king's tenants-in-chief (tenants in capite).
	homepage.mac.com /cgrapski/History/England/parliament.html (1419 words)

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		“The famous assembly of our forefathers was called by various names [as] Mycel Gemot (or great meeting); the Witenagemot (or meeting of the wise); and sometimes the Mycel Gethealit (or great thought).- Freeman: The Norman Conquest i.
		Witham You were born, I suppose, at Little Witham.
	www.bibliomania.com /2/3/255/1188/24561/2.html (506 words)

	Lalor, Cyclopaedia of Political Science, V.2, Entry 158, HOUSE OF LORDS.: Library of Economics and Liberty
		The house of lords is the lineal descendant of the witenagemot, or "meeting of wise men," of the times preceding the Norman conquest.
		The little town meetings were, as a rule, attended by all freemen of the township, but in the case of the shire assemblies distance and difficulty of travel made such universal attendance impracticable, and so each township sent a delegation of "wise or discreet men" to represent it.
		Hence the county assembly came to be known as a meeting of the wise men of the shire.
	www.econlib.org /library/YPDBooks/Lalor/llCy549.html (1563 words)

	Parliament of England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Anglo-Saxon Kings were advised by a council known as the Witenagemot, whose foremost members were the King's sons and brothers.
		The Ealdormen, or executive heads of the shires, also had seats in the Witenagemot, as did the senior clergymen of the state.
		The King still possessed ultimate authority, but laws were made only after seeking the advice (and, in later times, the consent) of the Witenagemot.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Parliament_of_England (1139 words)

	WITAN OR WITENAGEMOT - LoveToKnow Article on WITAN OR WITENAGEMOT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The number of counsellors attending the meetings of the witan varied considerably from time to time.
		" In a witenagemot held at Luton in November A.D. 931 were the two archbishops, two Welsh princes, seventeen bishops, fifteen ealdormen, five abbots and fifty-nine ministri.
		Of Edgar's witenagemots, the one of A.D. 966 contained the king's mother, two archbishops, seven bishops, five ealdormen and fifteen ministri; and this is a fair specimen of the usual proportion " (Stubbs, Const.
	2.1911encyclopedia.org /W/WI/WITAN_OR_WITENAGEMOT.htm (1124 words)

	Essay On The Trial By Jury by Lysander Spooner eBook by BookRags
		In the Anglo-Saxon commonwealth, therefore, the legislative functions of the Witenagemot were of far less importance than the other branches of its authority.
		But the form of inserting their names in the ‘Testing Clause’ was retained under the Anglo-Norman reigns; and the sovereign, who submitted his Charter to the judgment of the Proceres, professed to be guided by the opinion which they gave.
		As the ‘Pares’ of the empire, the Witenagemot decided’ the disputes between the great vassals of the crown.
	www.bookrags.com /ebooks/1201/91.html (420 words)

	Taosphere (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Witenagemot is, for many of us, our greatest dream.
		Witenagemot roughly means meeting place for wise men though I like to consider it a meeting place for wise people.
		Witenagemot will be our first Rural Education Facility and hopefully not our last.
	www.taosphere.org /witenagemot.html (337 words)

	Witenagemot: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Witenagemot (or Witan) was a political institution in Anglo-Saxon Anglo-Saxons quick summary:
		The anglo-saxons were a group of germanic tribes who achieved dominance in southern britain from the mid-5th century, forming the basis for the modern english...
		The name witenagemot derives from the Old English[For more, click on this link] for "meeting of wise men" (witan, EHandler: no quick summary.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /enc2/witenagemot (1638 words)

	Witenagemot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		However, in a sign of the witan's enduring legacy, the curia regis continued to be dubbed a "witan" by chroniclers until as late as the 12th century.
		Baccanceld This meeting was rather a witenagemot, or Parliament, than an ecclesiastical synod, presided over by Wihtred, King of Kent.
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	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Witenagemot.html (494 words)

	Find a Property - Grape Expectations
		Established in 1997, Witenagemot vineyard on the Shotley peninsula grew from 250 vines to 3,000 and then to 5,500.
		Now there are 19,000 covering 19 sandy acres, with nine grape varieties producing crisp fruity whites and full-bodied oaky reds - 65,000 litres a year, and plans for further expansion.
		But that doesn't mean that this isn't among the most impressive vineyards in the country.
	www.findaproperty.com /story.aspx?storyid=6472 (751 words)

	BBC NEWS \| England \| Go-ahead for vineyard winery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		A Suffolk vineyard owner is toasting victory in a two-year battle to build a winery.
		Stephen Williams, who owns Witenagemot Wines at in Shotley near Ipswich, had been refused planning permission for the extension and lost an appeal.
		He says now planners have given a modified scheme for the purpose-built winery the go-ahead, so the vineyard can expand production considerably.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/england/2643721.stm (262 words)

	Witan Or Witenagemot ((Old English ‘meeting of wise men’)) Online Encyclopedia Article About Witan Or Witenagemot ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Witan Or Witenagemot ((Old English ‘meeting of wise men’)) Online Encyclopedia Article About Witan Or Witenagemot ((Old English ‘meeting of wise men’))
		The Norman monarchs in 1066 replaced the witan with the curia regis, or King's court.
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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /Cambridge/entries/036/witan-or-witenagemot.html (188 words)

	Jesse Helms, Where Are You?
		The witenagemot is a hard animal to fathom.
		Since Moholland is back at base in Norfolk, Va., the witenagemot will try to have it delivered by an important person drawn from the field of politics.
		Joe Pitre then raised the subject of why he, a Vietnam veteran, had his name inexplicably omitted from the prominent plaque outside the American Legion, opposite Town Hall and adjacent to the Show Biz block.
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	Saxon Pagans?????? [Archive] - Stormfront White Nationalist Community (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The saxons were pretty much christianized by 700's, and so one only has scant residuals of 'pagan myths, magical pratices, and what the christian priest exhorted the people 'not to do'', to reconstruct a specifically saxon pre-christian religious world view.
		Each tribe, perhaps even down to the family group, held various deities as 'theirs' and so one has a large number of variations on a main theme but no brief suscinct definitions that are so much in vogue today.
		The Saxons being 'caught in transition', meaning that the reports about them are very few, and probably were made from observations during a time while the Saxon religion was changing.
	www.stormfront.org /archive/t-182316Saxon_Pagans??????.html (1557 words)

	Witenagemot Farm - LocalHarvest
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		Witenagemot Farm is situated where the Hoosick and Hudson Rivers meet in beautiful upstate New York.
		We grow a wide variety of produce, from herbs and greens, to sweet corn, pop corn and flour corn (which we grind ourselves)and nearly everything in-between.
	www.localharvest.org /farms/M5521 (196 words)

	WITAN, or WITENAGEMOT ... - Online Information article about WITAN, or WITENAGEMOT ...
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	encyclopedia.jrank.org /WIL_YAK/WITAN_or_WITENAGEMOT_from_O_Eng.html (1109 words)

	Witenagemot in the Reign of Edward the Confessor - Books & Textbooks for less at BuyBooksCheap.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
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		Witenagemot in the Reign of Edward the Confessor
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	Witenagemot - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Andover is an old town, where the Witenagemot, an Anglo-Saxon assembly, used to meet.
		The witenagemot chose Harold, Earl of Wessex, although his only claim to the throne was his...
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	Definition of witenagemot - Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
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	Map of Witenagemot Wines - Map IP9 1EP United Kingdom \| Multimap.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Map of Witenagemot Wines - Map IP9 1EP United Kingdom
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