Tynwald

Flag of the Tynwald

The Tynwald ( the Manx : Tinvaal of Old Norse thing + völlr , assembly field '), the two chambers - Parliament of the Isle of Man . In 1979 the Manx people celebrated the millennium of their parliament. The year was chosen at random. There is no evidence that such a meeting took place in 979.

Today the Tynwald consists of two chambers , the Upper House ( Legislative Council ) with 11 members, two of which are ex officio, and the Lower House ( House of Keys ) with 24 elected members.

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Tynwald

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↑ George Broderick: 1.4 Tynwald: a Manx cult-site and institution of pre-Scandinavian origin? (No longer available online.) In: e-Journal of Manx Studies. February 27, 2003, archived from the original on May 13, 2016 ; accessed on May 20, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2
^ Leonard Downie Jr .: Isle of Man Marks Millennium with Pomp, Circumstance . In: The Washington Post , July 6, 1979.

[1] George Broderick: 1.4 Tynwald: a Manx cult-site and institution of pre-Scandinavian origin? (No longer available online.) In: e-Journal of Manx Studies. February 27, 2003, archived from the original on May 13, 2016 ; accessed on May 20, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[2] Leonard Downie Jr .: Isle of Man Marks Millennium with Pomp, Circumstance . In: The Washington Post , July 6, 1979.