[MR] Arts for fighters

[Logan]

lets not get into what was true, period, chivalric attributes and what the
misconception of the sca is when it comes to what is chivalric and what it
courteous.  very different things.

regards
logan

 
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Subject: Re: [MR] Arts for fighters

Duke Logan wrote:

I said  that being the "difference" between knights and  whatever . . . 
 
I agree.  And not only because of the possiblity of winning  Crown.
 
If the three Bestowed Peerages, Knighthood is the one that has a basis in  
history. And by the latter part of our period, the so-called High Middle
Ages,  
the expectation was that a Knight would be more than a champion at arms.  
Diverstiy of interest and diversity of accomplishments were expected of a
gentle  
knight.
 
William Marshal, who most of us know as a real-world paladin, was not only  
the best jouster and tourneyer of his age.  There is an account that at a  
revel where for some reason the musicians had not arrived in time for the
dancing 
to begin, Sir William sang well enough for the others to dance until the  
musicians finally arrived.  Just one example of the talents expected of
such an 
one.
 
A big reason for the emphasis on the gentler arts was probably to temper
the 
ferocity of those men who, in their heyday, were the most powerful military

force in existence. If they were at least somwhat cultured and able to 
maintain  themselves in what one might call polite society, they would be
less likely 
to  be savage brutes off the battlefield. To a large extent, it worked. Not

perfectly, but it worked.
 
If we seek to capture, in any part, the spirit of that time, then expecting

gentler accomplishments of a knight or squire is, in my honest and heartfelt

opinion, entirely reasonable.
 
Your servant aye
Donal Mac Ruiseart

 
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