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The king presiding the Witena?emot, aka the Witan. A medieval political institution which operated in Anglo-Saxon England, the Witenagemot was an assembly of the ruling class whose primary function was to advise the king and whose membership was composed of the most important noblemen in England, both ecclesiastic and secular. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.
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The king presiding the Witena?emot, aka the Witan. A medieval political institution which operated in Anglo-Saxon England, the Witenagemot was an assembly of the ruling class whose primary function was to advise the king and whose membership was composed of the most important noblemen in England, both ecclesiastic and secular. From Old England: A Pictorial Museum, published 1847.
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Album / Universal Images Group / Universal History Archive
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Image size:
5517 x 3650 px | 57.6 MB
Print size:
46.7 x 30.9 cm | 18.4 x 12.2 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
ADVICE • ANGLO-SAXON • ARCHIVAL • ARCHIVE • ARCHIVES • ASSEMBLY • BRITISH • CLASS • COMPOSED • ECCLESIASTIC • ENGLISH • FUNCTION • GREAT BRITAIN • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • INGLES • INSTITUTION • KING • MEDIAEVAL • MEDIEVAL • MEETING OF WISE MEN • MEMBERSHIP • MIDDLE AGES • NOBLEMEN • OLD • POLICY • POLITIC • POLITICAL • POLITICIAN • POLITICS • PRESIDING • RULING • SECULAR • SOCIETY • STATESMAN • WITAN • WITENA? EMOT, THE • WITENAGEMOT
