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ON THE GOVERNMENT AND CONSTITUTION OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS.
CHAPTER I.
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The Witena-Gemot, or Anglo-Saxon Parliament, and of whom composed.
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Denominations of its members,
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The popular part of our representation immemorial,
Its similarity to our present parliament,
The bulk of the Anglo-Saxon population without constitutional
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rights,
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The freemen only represented,
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Knights and burgesses in the witena-gemot,
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Thegns and milites in it, and others without a descriptive title,
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Forty hides of land a qualification for some of its members,
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CHAPTER V.
Witena-gemot.-How convened.-Its Times and Places of Meeting.-Its Business
Some general principles of the Anglo-Saxon constitution and
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Some Features of the Political State of the Anglo-Saxons.
Formation of their landed aristocracy,
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Condition of their unprovided population,
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The Anglo-Saxon Narrative Poems or Romances.-Poem on Beowulf.
Cotton MS. of the poem on Beowulf, lately printed by Dr.
Thorkelin,
The Anglo-Saxon Poems of Judith and Cedmon.-Their other Poetry.
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Soliloquy of Satan,
Latin narrative poems between the fourth and ninth centuries,
Anglo-Saxon lyric poetry,
Poems in the Exeter MS.
Rev. J. Conybeare's translations,
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