1. GOVERNMENT
AND
SOCIETY

2. THE WITAN
“Meeting of the wise men ”
Tenth century Not at all democratic Authority
Formal Kings
King`s laws
Privy Council

5. 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

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

8. Long thin strips

9. Evidence of Saxon agriculture

12. Districts
Taxes
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)

14. The Fyrd

15.  Another class:
“The men of learning”
CHRISTIAN CHURCH

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