Witan - Revision history

Cian: fix category

2006-06-12T06:48:44Z

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	An [[Anglo-Saxon]] council of major ranked land-owners, senior [[church]] officials and the [[royal household]] that met irregularly to discuss matters of interest, like [[tax]]es, [[law]], land [[grant]]s, foreign policies etc. They also approved the [[Becoming king\|succession of the new king]]. Some see the Witan as a forerunner to the modern [[parliament]].		The '''Witan''' is an [[Anglo-Saxon]] council of major ranked land-owners, senior [[church]] officials and the [[royal household]] that met irregularly to discuss matters of interest, like [[tax]]es, [[law]], land [[grant]]s, foreign policies etc. They also approved the [[Becoming king\|succession of the new king]]. Some see the Witan as a forerunner to the modern [[parliament]].

	It was derived from the [[Old English]] word ''witenagemot'', meaning a ''moot'' or ''meeting''.		It was derived from the [[Old English]] word ''witenagemot'', meaning a ''moot'' or ''meeting''.
	[[category:~~old~~ ~~english~~]]		[[category:Old English]]

User 144 at 02:56, 27 May 2006

2006-05-27T02:56:16Z

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	An [[Anglo-Saxon]] council of major ranked land-owners, senior [[church]] officials and the [[royal household]] that met irregularly to discuss matters of interest, like [[tax]]es, [[law]], land [[grant]]s, foreign policies etc. They also approved the [[Becoming king\|succession of the new king]]. Some see the Witan as a forerunner to the modern [[parliament]].		An [[Anglo-Saxon]] council of major ranked land-owners, senior [[church]] officials and the [[royal household]] that met irregularly to discuss matters of interest, like [[tax]]es, [[law]], land [[grant]]s, foreign policies etc. They also approved the [[Becoming king\|succession of the new king]]. Some see the Witan as a forerunner to the modern [[parliament]].

	It was derived from the [[Old English]] word ''witenagemot'', meaning a moot or meeting.		It was derived from the [[Old English]] word ''witenagemot'', meaning a ''moot'' or ''meeting''.
	[[category:old english]]		[[category:old english]]

User 144: categorising

2006-05-27T02:55:57Z

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	It was derived from the [[Old English]] word ''witenagemot'', meaning a moot or meeting.		It was derived from the [[Old English]] word ''witenagemot'', meaning a moot or meeting.
			[[category:old english]]

Cian at 13:37, 27 June 2004

2004-06-27T13:37:54Z

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An [[Anglo-Saxon]] council of major ranked land-owners, senior [[church]] officials and the [[royal household]] that met irregularly to discuss matters of interest, like [[tax]]es, [[law]], land [[grant]]s, foreign policies etc. They also approved the [[Becoming king|succession of the new king]]. Some see the Witan as a forerunner to the modern [[parliament]].

It was derived from the [[Old English]] word ''witenagemot'', meaning a moot or meeting.