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Witenagemot

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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Of the wise), name given to the national council or Parliament of England in Anglo-Saxon times, agreeably to whose decisions the affairs of the kingdom were managed; it consisted of the bishops, royal vassals, and thanes.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Witenagemot'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​w/witenagemot.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
 
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