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Witan

The witan (lit. 'wise men') was the king's council in the Anglo-Saxon government of England from before the 7th century until the 11th century. It comprised important noblemen, including ealdormen, thegns, and bishops. Meetings of the witan were sometimes called the witenagemot.

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Etymology

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Role

Electing and deposing kings

Norman Conquest

Historiography

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Witan

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Avg. degree1.97
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related to Historiography · 27
Witan → After World War, American Revolution, Among, Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Saxon England, British Parliament, Dorothy Whitelock, England, English, Felix Liebermann, Frank Stenton, In, Instead, Jonathan Mayhew, King's Council, Norman, North America, Other, Parliament, Saxon
related to Etymology · 19
Witan → Anglo-Saxon, Archbishop, At, Conquest, Institutes, John Maddicott, Latin, Mercian, Middlesex, Modern, Myrcna, Old English, Patrick Wormald, Polity, The, The Old English, Writers, Wulfstan II, York
related to Origins · 16
Witan → Anglo-Saxon, Before, Britain, Council, England, Germanic, Hertford, Kent, King, Maddicott, Old English, Roman, The, They, This, With
related to Norman Conquest · 7
Witan → After, Conquest England, In, Latin, Maddicott, Norman Conquest, William
related to Attendance and locations · 6
Witan → About, According, Bryce Lyon, It, Kings, Typically
related to Electing and deposing kings · 6
Witan → But Liebermann, Chadwick, Eynsham, Liebermann's, Nevertheless, The
related to Role · 4
Witan → As Lyon, Church, Danegeld, The

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king england royal anglo-saxon century kings english king's however meetings witenagemot historians witan's council word many parliament also norman conquest

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Frank Stentoninstance ofhistorians0.80text
Dorothy Whitelock shifted their focus to understanding the Anglo-Saxon period on its own termsinstance ofhistorians0.80text
Stenton have noted that the witenagemot was in many ways different from the future institution of the Parliament of Englandinstance ofOther historians followed Stenton's lead.Scholars0.80text
the Anglo-Saxon Chronicleinstance ofeven though it is used in sources0.80text
Witanrelated to Attendance and locationsAccording0.60section
Witanrelated to Attendance and locationsBryce Lyon0.60section
Witanrelated to Attendance and locationsIt0.60section
Witanrelated to Attendance and locationsKings0.60section
Witanrelated to Attendance and locationsAbout0.60section
Witanrelated to Attendance and locationsTypically0.60section
Witanrelated to Electing and deposing kingsThe0.60section
Witanrelated to Electing and deposing kingsNevertheless0.60section

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