The Constitutional Peasants skit from Monty Python's Holy Grail was probably inspired by this little "peasants republic" called Dithmarschen., situated on the Frisian coast in North Germany. They were a group of peasants who banded together for 100s of years and resisted occupation and domination by big kingdoms and duchies, and maintained their independence until the 1500s.

Some of their achievements were genuinely impressive and underdog. Others were happenstance. It's an amusing story along the way.

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