thegns, and bishops. Meetings of the witan were sometimes called the witenagemot. Its primary function was to advise the king on legislation, judicial...

powerful of the English aristocrats. Harold was elected king by the Witenagemot of England and crowned by the Archbishop of York, Ealdred, although Norman...

Weights and measures acts are acts of the British Parliament determining the regulation of weights and measures. It also refers to similar royal and parliamentary...

King Edward the Confessor, died without an heir on 5 January 1066, the Witenagemot convened and chose Harold to succeed him; he was probably the first English...

King   • ?–488 Hengist (first) • 866–871 Æthelred (last) Legislature Witenagemot Historical era Heptarchy • Established c. 455 • Full integration into...

emerged. Among them were Harold Godwinson (recognised as king by the Witenagemot after the death of Edward the Confessor), Harald Hardrada (King of Norway...

(12th–14th century), Modern Welsh (from the 14th century) Elected by the Witenagemot Officially under a feudal system until 1660 Continued as monarch of Great...

palace in Cheddar was used several times in the 10th century to host the Witenagemot. The nature of the relations between the Britons and the Saxons in Somerset...

(Anglo-Saxon): Moot) Folkmoot Jamtamót, the old assembly of Jämtland Witenagemot, the High Council of Anglo-Saxon England Moot hall, a meeting or assembly...

Legislature Loya Jirga Naadam State Great Khural Thing (assembly) Veche Witenagemot World Nomad Games World Turks Qurultai Chinese: 忽里勒台 or 庫里爾台; Kazakh:...