| 11. | The royal council or witan played a central but limited role in the Anglo-Saxon period.
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| 12. | Witan is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
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| 13. | Within a few weeks, however, Sweyn died and �thelred was called back to England by the witan.
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| 14. | The Witan, along with the folkmoots ( local assemblies ) is an important ancestor of the modern English parliament.
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| 15. | Harold Godwinson became king, in all likelihood appointed by Edward the Confessor on his deathbed and endorsed by the Witan.
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| 16. | Most tend to be solitaires with traditional, British, Mexican, Italian, Stegheria, or pecti-witan upbringing.
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| 17. | These documents clearly indicate that the witan was composed of the nation's highest echelon of both ecclesiastical and secular officers.
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| 18. | In the year 1013 King �thelred II fled the country from Sweyn Forkbeard, who then had the witan proclaim him king.
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| 19. | The witan could seek to prevent autocracy and carry on government during interregnums, but ultimately the witenagemot answered to the king.
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| 20. | It is also the year of a great royal council, at which �thelred and his Witan published a new law code.
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