Joanne Paul: belief

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…Not elected, right? Yes. Oh, that’s a good question. I think he’s elected by the council at that stage, but don’t quote me on that. I’d have to check. It is largely democratic or nominally democratic. Of course, there are all sorts of requirements in terms of who can vote. You have to be a citizen, which usually means you’re a freeman of London. You’re part of the guild system in London. That’s very important. You have to be nominated and approved of by a trading guild in London and so on. There’s all sorts of restrictions on the franchise, but it is designed to be a fairly Democratic system. In theory, the city does govern itself within the larger realm that is England, but there are all sorts of conflicts that happen between the city and the Crown in the 16th century. Thomas More, in fact, ends up in the middle of a few of them. He’s undersheriff of London for a time, and then he becomes a representative of the Crown. In fact, even draws attention the way in which he won’t be trusted in the city anymore if he takes any sort of annuity or payment or reward from the Crown, that there is this sense of conflict between the two of them. Now, am I correct in thinking you’re from Western Canada?…

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