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An early representative governmental body. Advised the king of England
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The Witan (or Witenagemot) — the Old English “meeting of wise men.”
An Anglo‑Saxon council of leading nobles and churchmen (bishops, abbots, ealdormen/thegns) from about the 7th–11th centuries that advised the king, witnessed charters, helped make law and could confirm or select kings. After the Norman Conquest it evolved into later institutions such as the Curia Regis and, much later, Parliament.
An Anglo‑Saxon council of leading nobles and churchmen (bishops, abbots, ealdormen/thegns) from about the 7th–11th centuries that advised the king, witnessed charters, helped make law and could confirm or select kings. After the Norman Conquest it evolved into later institutions such as the Curia Regis and, much later, Parliament.
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