History A-Level
Kingship and counsel
What Kingship and counsel means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Kingship and counsel
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The witan, an assembly of leading nobles and clergy who advised the king and could endorse a successor, met and chose Harold, who was crowned quickly, probably on 6 January 1066.
Topics that use Kingship and counsel
- Late Anglo- Saxon England, c1053–66 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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