witenagemot , także: witenagemote
witan

The term is most often used to describe those who attended the Witenagemot.

The Witenagemot also had the power to depose a king.

There was no single seat of the national witenagemot.

The purpose of the Witenagemot was to give an opinion about the administration and the organisation of the kingdom.

The witenagemot was an early equivalent to the Privy Council.

As the leader of the opposition, I cannot let that happen if we ever want to control the Witenagemot again."

This was not a dedicated court of law, instead a descendant of the witenagemot.

This institution was still known as Witan or Witenagemot until the 12th century.

"Now that we're almost on their doorstep, I believe we should contact the Witenagemot.

Thereafter the witenagemot of Wessex gradually developed into a single assembly for the whole country."

Harold was accepted as monarch in a Witenagemot held at Oxford.

The witenagemot was more an advisory council.

Now he appears to seek a witenagemot with Newt and other victors on his return from the land of loud shirts.

One of these days I'll find a use for a witenagemot of wiseguys.)

In the intervening time, however, there was an election, and we lost our majority in the Witenagemot, though only just barely."

The King still had the highest authority, but laws were made only after seeking the advice (and, in later times, the consent) of the Witenagemot.

Instead the Witenagemot, the assembly of the kingdom's leading notables, would convene after a king's death to select a successor.

It was said that these positions had existed since before the Norman Conquest, sitting as part of the Witenagemot.

"From witenagemot to concilium: the antecedents of the House of Lords."

When the Normans invaded England in 1066, they replaced the Witenagemot with another institution.

The witan could seek to prevent autocracy and carry on government during interregnums, but ultimately the witenagemot answered to the king.

This arrangement ended when the Normans invaded in 1066, replacing the witenagemot with the curia regis, or king's court.

"Admiral Nechayev was scheduled to meet with some members of the Witenagemot tonight," said Piniero.

It was the forerunner to the witenagemot, which was in turn in some respects the precursor of the modern Parliament.

There was a royal palace at Cheddar, which was used at times in the 10th century to host the Witenagemot.