On 5 Feb 2009, at 17:02, Neil Arlidge wrote:
> I would have thought most "English" got their "bloody minded
> anarchy" from
> Celtic ancestors.
I blame it on the Norman Conquest, myself. Certainly the Celts had
and have a robustly individual approach to governmental structures,
and I believe the Anglo Saxons did too, with free assemblies to
advise their leaders, but the Normans introduced the rigidly
hierarchical feudal system that we've been kicking against ever since.
Moral: don't go near the French ;-}}}
All the best
Bruce
There are no strangers on the cut, only boaters we've yet to meet.
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