[MR] Courtesy and Classes

[Olwen the Odd]

Yes, this has been a very interesting discussion.  After hearing from so 
many about different cultural and locality differences about the bowing vs. 
curtseying, I do wish someone with all that knowledge would come forth and 
give such an informative class.  I would take it!  And after all this shared 
information here at the tavern, I shall cease in having my feathers ruffed 
as I see women bowing.  I did know that folks who are simply not physically 
capable of kneeling or such were never (in my presence) required to do so in 
court, which is most reasonable.
Olwen

>This is has been (is?) a most fascinating discussion, and I think it
>seems that many would appreciate University classes on the topics of
>how to bow (with, perhaps, various period regional alternatives), and
>an introduction to Courtesy in Atlantia. I myself would endeavor to
>teach them, but after June I will not make an Atlantian University
>until autumn 2007, as I'm about to depart for Drachenwald to take
>classes (Robbie Burns principle aside).
>
>I'd also like to issue a challenge to the bards, minstrels, and
>musicians of Atlantia:
>I've been trying to write a teaching song for a while now about how
>to recognize the different peerages, but I have little success. Your
>turn!
>
>In Service,
>
>Lady Ana Beig de Rosslyn