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The history of the Norman conquest of England, its causes and its results, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 994 — Chapter IX · THE REIGN OF EADWARD FROM THE RETURN OF GODWINE TO THE DEATH OF EADWARD THE ÆTHELING.[921] 1052–1057.

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Chron. Petrib. “Ða cwæð mann mycel gemót wiðutan Lundene;” “Statutum est magnum placitum” is the translation in the Waverley Annals, p. 186 Luard. Flor. Wig. “Mane autem facto, concilium Rex habuit.” Chron. Ab. “And wæs þa Witenagemót.” But it is the Peterborough writer only who dwells with evident delight on the popular character of the Assembly.

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