These laws are prefaced thus : " This then is the secular law which by the counsel of my witan I will that it be observed all over England ".
32.
Here he received the permission of " King �thelred and all the witan " to be elevated to Canterbury . �lfric continued to hold Ramsbury along with Canterbury until his death.
33.
The Witan, also called Witenagemot, was the council of kings; its essential duty was to advise the king on all matters on which he chose to ask its opinion.
34.
While Sovereign Mercia is a neopagan organisation that campaigns for Mercian independence, the Acting Witan of Mercia advocates a return to an agrarian subsistence economy within a confederation of English regions.
35.
King Athelstan held many meetings of the " witan " in London and issued laws from there, while King �thelred the Unready issued the Laws of London there in 978.
36.
The Witan, Witenagemot or Council of the Anglo-Saxon Kings of the 7th to 11th centuries was held from time to time at Runnymede during the reign of Alfred the Great.
37.
In Dec 2012, UNA-UK launched a major publication in collaboration with Witan Media, entitled " After the Spring : Prospects for the Arab World in 2013 ".
38.
The support of the'nobles'or Witan was important for Anglo-Saxon kings, probably years in advance of the Norman barons, John, for example had trouble with.
39.
It is possible that this arrangement was sanctioned by Alfred's father, or by the Witan, to guard against the danger of a disputed succession should AEthelred fall in battle.
40.
The convention then renamed itself the Acting Witan of Mercia, which aimed'to spearhead the full democratisation of the region and the re-establishment of its de facto independence '.
