Folkmoot

Folkmoot

In Anglo-Saxon England, a folkmoot or folkmote (Old English - a meeting of the people) was a governing general assembly consisting of all the free members of a tribe, community or district. It was the forerunner to the witenagemot, which was in turn in some respects the precursor of the modern Parliament.

The term has also been appropriated for modern-day annual meetings of organisations such as the Order of Woodcraft Chivalry.

ee also

*Moot hill

External links

* [http://www.ealdriht.org/folcmot.html The Anglo-Saxon Folkmoot in Ancient and Modern Times]

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