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2. What is 'collective responsibility'?

  • Everyone is responsible for every crime committed in a tithing
  • If one member of a tithing broke the law, the rest were responsible for bringing them to court or would be punished themselves
  • Compensation to avoid a blood feud
  • Anyone in the community could call on all the others to help them track down a criminal

3. What was NOT a power of the King in Anglo-Saxon society?

  • Being able to make new laws
  • Being bale to completely abolish the Danelaw
  • Being able to raise an army
  • Being able to grant land to followers, or take it away as punishment
  • Deciding when tax was paid
  • Controlling the making and distribution of money

4. What was the job of the Witan?

  • To act like local police
  • To advise the King
  • To be in charge of the church
  • To lead the army

5. Who were the most important men in Anglo-Saxon England apart from the king?

  • Ceorls
  • The Earls
  • Knights
  • Thegns

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