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Witan

* Lyon, Ann (2016). Constitutional History of the UK (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-20398-8.

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.

References

Bibliography

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