[MR] On Titles

[Kevin Brock]

I think Chaucer's entitlement was something like a bottle of wine a year, 
wasn't it? Not to completely disregard your point, I just don't recall 
offhand him getting any real award for his poetry.

Of course, there are other examples, like Petrarch, Dante (posthumously), 
Albertino Mussato, or (to move in just a slightly different direction) the 
various 'master' university professors for grammar/history studies (the 13th 
c. Padua college seems to have a number of these).

Olivier de Bayonne

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Montuori" <damont at wolfstar.com>
To: "Syr Justus de Tyre" <atlantianbard at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Merry Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 1:39 PM
Subject: Re: [MR] On Titles


> Scripsit Justus de Tyre:
>> Did anyone in the Middle Ages ever become entitled for building a wooden
>> box?
>
> Perhaps not for that specific creative act, but for achievement in the
> arts, yes. Geoffrey Chaucer is a well known example.
>
>> Or receive a peerage for service?
>
> Thomas More comes to mind...
>
> Evan