The Witenagemot in the Reign of Edward the Confessor: A Study in the Constitutional History of Eleventh-century England
- ISBN-10
- 1487581815
- ISBN-13
- 9781487581817
- Category
- Law / Legal History
- Pages
- 187
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1955
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Tryggvi J. Oleson
Description
This work presents a new approach to the problem of the constitution of the Witenagemot, and one which has produced interesting and valuable results. It was undertaken because no detailed and exhaustive study of the Witenagemot at a given moment of the Anglo-Saxon period exists, and, indeed, very little of any consequence had been written on the Witan since Liebermann's The National Assembly in the Anglo-Saxon Period appeared in 1913.
The thesis of the work is that the Witenagemon was simply a loose assembly of great prelates and magnates, whom the king chose to consult. No qualifications were precisely defined, and a Witenagemot as any occasion on which the king consulted any member, large or small, of magnates. The composition of the Witenagemot and the functions of the Witan are treated at length.
This work will appeal to all students and scholars working in the field of English Constitutional History. It should also be of interest to those working in the field of Diplomatic History, for both the royal and private charters of the reign of the Confessor, witnessed by king and magnates, are dealt with at some length, with a consideration of their individual authenticity, and an attempt has been made to identify and furnish biographical notes on all witnesses. The evidence supplied by the documents of the reign has, where possible, been brought into relation with that furnished by Doniesday Book. Scandinavian parallels and contrasts are also examined.
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