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==Online Resources== | |||
*[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/CHI Channel Islands] at Genuki | |||
*[http://www.societe-jersiaise.org/en Société Jersiaise] - History of Channel Islands | |||
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At the time of the Norman Conquest the islands, in return for staying loyal to the English Crown when King John lost his French possessions, were granted in 1215, rights and privileges that amounted to self-government, subject only to Royal assent through the Privy Council. | At the time of the Norman Conquest the islands, in return for staying loyal to the English Crown when King John lost his French possessions, were granted in 1215, rights and privileges that amounted to self-government, subject only to Royal assent through the Privy Council. | ||
The islands' parliaments evolved gradually from the Royal Courts by the constitutions of King John. The bailliff, who presided over a court of 12 jurats, began to consult other leading members of the community -Les Etats, or the States as they came to be called - about the running of the island. It was not until the mid-18th century that the separate functions of the Royal Court and the legislative body, the States, were cleary defined, and not until the 19th Century that elected representatives began to sit in the States. Under a postwar reform that followed the German Occupation in W.W. | The islands' parliaments evolved gradually from the Royal Courts by the constitutions of King John. The bailliff, who presided over a court of 12 jurats, began to consult other leading members of the community -Les Etats, or the States as they came to be called - about the running of the island. It was not until the mid-18th century that the separate functions of the Royal Court and the legislative body, the States, were cleary defined, and not until the 19th Century that elected representatives began to sit in the States. Under a postwar reform that followed the German Occupation in W.W.II, the number of elected deputies was increased, and the jurats and rectors who had previously sat by right in the States were dropped. | ||
The parishes continued to be represented, and the jurats were replaced by 12 senior statesmen, known as senators in Jersey and conseillers in Guernsey, whose purpose was to bring political maturity and continuity to the more democratic island parliaments. | The parishes continued to be represented, and the jurats were replaced by 12 senior statesmen, known as senators in Jersey and conseillers in Guernsey, whose purpose was to bring political maturity and continuity to the more democratic island parliaments. | ||
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_Islands] | |||
===Timeline=== | |||
1639 - 1651 During the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, Jersey held out strongly for the Royalist cause, while the more strongly Presbyterian Guernsey more generally favoured the parliamentary cause<br> | |||
1940 - Many young men had already left to join the Allied armed forces, as volunteers. 6,600 out of 50,000 left Jersey while 17,000 out of 42,000 left Guernsey. Thousands of children were evacuated with their schools to England and Scotland<br> | |||
1940 – 1945 During the German occupation over 2,000 Islanders were deported by the Germans<br> | |||
1945 - The end of the German occupation came on 8 May 1945, Jersey and Guernsey being liberated on 9 May. The German garrison in Alderney was left until 16 May, and it was one of the last. Many of the evacuees who returned home had difficulty reconnecting with their families after five years of separation<br> | |||
== Population Statistics == | == Population Statistics == | ||
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