Witan
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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 taxes, law, land grants, foreign policies etc. They also approved the 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.
