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