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How the World’s Only Feudal Lord Outclassed the Nazis to Save Her People

Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama

The Isle of Sark is a unique place. One of the Channel Islands situated between Britain and France, it is owned by the British Crown, but is politically independent. Cars are forbidden on the two-square-mile island, and the population remains steady at around 500 people- the number of people who can live comfortably off the land.

But it is Sark’s ancient system of government that really sets it apart. It is the world’s only remaining fief, a feudal state run by a system established by the Normans.

For the past 400 years, the Isle of Sark had been ruled by a “Lord of the Manor” called a Seigneur or Dame, who pledges allegiance to, and rents the island from, the…

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