Historical, Philosophical, Political and Law Sciences, Culturology and Study of Art. Issues of Theory and Practice. Tambov: Gramota, 2012. № 12. Part 2. P. 170-173.
Rivchak Kirill Vladimirovich
Russian State University for the Humanities
Abstract. The author considers the practice of throne inheritance in England during the early Middle Ages, by using the data of the historical accounts of the XIth-XIIth centuries researches the circle of candidates to the throne, the mechanism of a new king recognition, and the participation of the Assembly of the Kingdom in his accession, basing on this study disproves the common idea about the formal nature of the recognition of a king by the Assembly, and comes to the conclusion about the significant role of elections in the process of accession.
Key words and phrases: англосаксы, ассамблея, выборная монархия, королевская власть, наследование престола, уитенагемот, Anglo-Saxon, Assembly, elective monarchy, royal authority, throne inheritance, witenagemot
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