Tynwald Silence
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- Name
- Tynwald Silence
- Description
- For over a decade after the Revestment, Tynwald was effectively silenced. No petitions heard in the old way. No laws promulgated as the constitution required. The ancient ceremony continued in form but the substance — the living governance the Prologue describes — was hollowed out. The silence is the book's recurring structural motif: told, acknowledged, ignored.
- Date
- 1765–1776
- Place
- Tynwald Hill, St John's
- People Involved
- Chapters 11, 14, 18
- Type
- Constitutional