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== Attendance == |
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According to historian [[Bryce Lyon]], the {{lang|ang|witan}} "was an [[wiktionary:amoebic|amoebic]] sort of organization with no definite composition or function".{{Sfn|Lyon|1980|p=45}} |
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⚫ | Kings issued [[Anglo-Saxon charters|royal charters]] at meetings of the {{lang|ang|witan}}, and the witness lists to these charters also serve as attendance lists.{{Sfn|Roach|2013|p=27}} About 2,000 charters and 40 law codes survive which attest to the workings of around 300 recorded {{lang|ang|witan}} meetings.{{sfn|Liebermann|1913|pp=2 & 14}} |
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Individuals are listed in hierarchical order with the king listed first followed by: |
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⚫ | Kings issued [[Anglo-Saxon charters|royal charters]] at meetings of the {{lang|ang|witan}}, and the witness lists to these charters also serve as attendance lists.{{Sfn|Roach|2013|p=27}} About 2,000 charters and 40 law codes survive which attest to the workings of around 300 recorded {{lang|ang|witan}} meetings.{{sfn|Liebermann|1913|pp=2 & 14}} Individuals are listed in hierarchical order with the king listed first followed by:{{Sfn|Roach|2013|p=28}} |
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* the queen |
* the queen |
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* [[ætheling]]s |
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* æthelings |
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* [[bishop]]s |
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* bishops |
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* [[abbot]]s |
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* [[ealdorman]] (later [[earl]]s) |
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* [[thegn]]s |
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* thegns |
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The king relied on these [[magnate]]s for advice and for implementation of royal policy at the local level. When English kings claimed overlordship over their Welsh neighbors, the [[List of rulers in Wales|Welsh kings]] might also be in attendance.{{Sfn|Loyn|1984|pp=100–102}} |
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== Role == |
== Role == |
Revision as of 03:42, 29 April 2024
* Lyon, Ann (2016). Constitutional History of the UK (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-20398-8.
Etymology
Attendance
According to historian Bryce Lyon, the witan "was an amoebic sort of organization with no definite composition or function".[1]
Kings issued royal charters at meetings of the witan, and the witness lists to these charters also serve as attendance lists.[2] About 2,000 charters and 40 law codes survive which attest to the workings of around 300 recorded witan meetings.[3] Individuals are listed in hierarchical order with the king listed first followed by:[4]
The king relied on these magnates for advice and for implementation of royal policy at the local level. When English kings claimed overlordship over their Welsh neighbors, the Welsh kings might also be in attendance.[5]
Role
Electing and deposing kings
When a king died, the witan nominally elected a new king. When a king gained power by conquest, he was careful to gain the witan's assent.[6]
Norman conquest
Historiography
Notes
References
- ^ Lyon 1980, p. 45.
- ^ Roach 2013, p. 27.
- ^ Liebermann 1913, pp. 2 & 14.
- ^ Roach 2013, p. 28.
- ^ Loyn 1984, pp. 100–102.
- ^ Loyn 1984, pp. 101–102.
Bibliography
- Chadwick, H. M. (1905). Studies on Anglo-Saxon Institutions. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Garmonsway, George Norman, ed. (1954). The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (2nd ed.). London.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Hindley, Geoffrey (2006). A Brief History of the Anglo-Saxons. London: Robinson.
- Hodgkin, Thomas, The History of England from the Earliest Times to the Norman Conquest (New York, 1906; repr. New York 1969)
- Lapidge, Michael; et al., eds. (2001). The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Wiley. ISBN 9-780-63122-492-1.
- Leyser, Henrietta (2017). A Short History of the Anglo-Saxons. London: I. B. Taurus. ISBN 978-1-78076-600-3.
- Liebermann, Felix (1913). The National Assembly in the Anglo-Saxon Period. Halle: Max Niemeyer.
- Loyn, H. R. (1984). The Governance of Anglo-Saxon England, 500–1087. Governance of England. Vol. 1. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804712170.
- Lyon, Bryce (1980). A Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval England (2nd ed.). W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-95132-4. 1st edition available at the Internet Archive.
- Maddicott, J. R. (2010). The Origins of the English Parliament. Oxford University Press.
- Roach, Levi (2013). Kingship and Consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871–978: Assemblies and the State in the Early Middle Ages. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9-781-10703-653-6.
- Robertson, Agnes, ed. (1956). Anglo-Saxon Charters (2nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. OCLC 504288415.
- Sturdy, David (1995). Alfred the Great. Constable. p. 124.
- Thorpe, Benjamin (1840). Ancient Laws and Institutes of England. G. E. Eyre and A. Spottiswoode, printers to the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
- Whitelock, Dorothy, Review of The Witenagemot in the Reign of Edward the Confessor by Tryggvi J. Oleson, The English Historical Review 71 (1956): 640–42.
- Wormald, Patrick (1999). The Making of English Law: King Alfred to the Twelfth Century. Oxford: Blackwell. ISBN 0-631-13496-4.