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Life Imitates Terry Pratchett
Apr. 13th, 2008 01:13 amCasting aside four centuries of tradition, inhabitants of the island of Sark have decided to abandon feudalism.
The sparsely-populated, two square-mile Channel Island had long been considered the last feudal state in Europe. Settled by forty families during the reign of Elizabeth the 1st, Sark's feudal government consisted of a Seignor and a parliament of landowners.
Sark's bold new experiment with universal adult suffrage will begin with elections this December for a new island parliament.
The last time that Sark achieved this kind of notoriety was in 1991, when the island was subjected to a one-man invasion attempt by a unemployed French nuclear physicist. Fortunately, the island's constable disarmed the would-be conqueror while the latter was sitting on a bench loading his semi-automatic.
I'm not making this up, people!
The sparsely-populated, two square-mile Channel Island had long been considered the last feudal state in Europe. Settled by forty families during the reign of Elizabeth the 1st, Sark's feudal government consisted of a Seignor and a parliament of landowners.
Sark's bold new experiment with universal adult suffrage will begin with elections this December for a new island parliament.
The last time that Sark achieved this kind of notoriety was in 1991, when the island was subjected to a one-man invasion attempt by a unemployed French nuclear physicist. Fortunately, the island's constable disarmed the would-be conqueror while the latter was sitting on a bench loading his semi-automatic.
I'm not making this up, people!
