Folkmoot

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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.

See also

• Moot hill

External links

• Primitive Folk Moots: Open-air assemblies in Britain - Gomme George Laurance Retrieved 2009-08-02

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