[MR] Driving distance

[Joshua Thomas]

I believe Prince and Princesses of Principality can give out kingdom level
awards. So its like having 4 bodies instead of two. This frees the King and
Queen to concentrate on the rest of the Kingdom leaving most of the
Principality recognition to the the Prince and Princess.

On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Baroness Rozsa <
bessenyeirozsa at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I've been skimming this discussion, but I was a bit confused by the point
> you are trying to make.  So I'd like to ask a few questions..
>
> What would  the reasons for forming a Principality be if not to begin the
> process of forming a new Kingdom?
>
> If all that was being formed was a Principality - which I assume means that
> they are indeed still part of the Kingdom - wouldn't the Principality still
> be eligible to host Kingdom level events (maybe even sort of 'expected' to
> put bids in), and wouldn't the King and Queen still be 'expected' to travel
> to events in the Principality during their reigns?
>
> Thanks for explaining!!
> Rozsa
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan MacNeill" <gormofberra at gmail.com>
> To: "E-Mail List Merry Rose Rose" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 11:38 AM
> Subject: Re: [MR] Driving distance
>
>
> > Just for the record (and I am completely undecided as to whether I'd
> > be pro-regions or not)
> >
> > No one is advocating "dividing our beloved Atlantia".  A Principality
> > is still part and parcel of the Kingdom, just as all of Windmaster's
> > Hill's Cantons are still part and parcel of Windmaster's Hill.
> >
> > It is true that the first step towards establishing a new Kingdom
> > would be to first establish a Principality, but no one has ever said
> > that is an inevitable journey.  There are principalities in other
> > Kingdoms that have been such for over 20 years, and have no intent of
> > going Kingdom anytime soon.
> >
> > An interesting point I found perusing the SCA pages...we are the
> > oldest Kingdom in the SCA that has neither spawned a child Kingdom nor
> > has an active Principality in place.  That may be meaningless...but it
> > is interesting nonetheless...
> >
> > On 6/6/08, mchoward at cox.net <mchoward at cox.net> wrote:
> >> Just a thought on this, before we continue discussion on dividing our
> >> beloved Atlantia, maybe we should try and figure out why Crusades died.
> >> Just a thought.
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