Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; fourth series, 92
Print version: Roach, Levi. Kingship and consent in Anglo-Saxon England, 871-978 : assemblies and the state in the early Middle Ages. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013 xiv, 301 pages Cambridge studies in medieval life and thought ; fourth series, 92 ISBN 9781107036536
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction: Assembling consent in ninth- and tenth-century England -- Assembly attendance -- Meeting places and times of assemblies -- Royal charters and assemblies -- Legislation and consent : Law making and assembly politics -- Symbols in context: Ritual and demonstration at assemblies -- The witan and the settlement of disputes -- The "further business" of the witan -- Ritual and reality: the problem of the sources -- The role of the witan: celebration and persuasion.