Witenagemot

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Witenagemot

 

in Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, a council consisting almost exclusively of representatives of the clerical and lay aristocracy, the latter including gesiths, thanes, and earls. The highest judicial and consultative body, it approved land grants and transactions, considered questions of war and peace, and confirmed a king’s right to the throne. The witenagemot is mentioned in documents of the sixth to 11th centuries.

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