GOVERNMENTAND

SOCIETY

THE WITAN

“Meeting of the wise men ”

Tenth century Not at all democratic Authority

Formal Kings

King`s laws

Privy Council

Land division

Shires or Counties (Saxon and Norman words)

Shire reeve= sheriff

AGRICULTURE Technology six or eight oxen

Heavier soils difficult to turn

Land owernship and organization

Shires or Counties: Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Buckinghamshire, etc.

Long thin strips

Evidence of Saxon agriculture

DistrictsTaxes

Manor House Justice

The Fyrd

The lord of the manor

Aldermen or warlords Earls (Danish name)

Elected officers High ranking nobles

Manorial System

(King, lords, soldiers and workers)

The Fyrd

Another class:

“The men of learning”

CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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