Deemster Deemster A deemster () is a judge in the Isle of Man. The High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man is presided over by a deemster or, in the case of the appeal division of that court, a deemster and the Judge of Appeal. The deemsters also promulgate the Laws on Tynwald Day by reading them out to the people in English and Manx. In the past, the First and Second Deemsters had "ex officio" seats in the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man. The Second Deemster was removed from the Council in 1965 and the First
The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles Spirit" noted that Hutton had become a "well-known and much loved figure" in the British Pagan community. The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles The Pagan Religions of the Ancient British Isles: Their Nature and Legacy is a book of religious history and archaeology written by the English historian Ronald Hutton, first published by Blackwell in 1991. It was the first published synthesis of the entirety of pre-Christian religion in the British Isles, dealing with the subject during the Palaeolithic, Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, Roman occupation and Anglo-Saxon period. It then proceeds to make a brief examination of