[MR] What does a Principality include?

[Atlantia at corwyn.net]

No two principalities are exactly the same, but 
the best place to check is Corpora:

Principality: area within a kingdom ruled by Prince and Princess

4. Principality: A principality is a part of a 
kingdom which has the right to select a reigning
Prince and Princess by armored combat. A branch 
or contiguous group of branches within a kingdom may
petition for principality status if the resulting 
entity would fulfill the requirements listed below:
• At least 100 members.
• Candidates for all Great Officer positions, 
each of whom is acceptable to the kingdom
officer responsible for the direction of that 
aspect of Society activity, and such other officers
as kingdom law and custom may require.
• A name and device registered with the College of Arms.
• Consensus favoring advancement in branch status 
by the members in the proposed
principality, demonstrated by procedures 
acceptable to the Kingdom and Society Seneschals.
• A record of well-attended events together with 
regular study or guild meetings,
demonstrations, and other educational activities 
for the benefit of the members and the
community at large.
• Sufficient members of the orders conferring 
Patents of Arms to foster the development of
those orders and the skills they represent within the principality.
• Sufficient fighters of such caliber as to 
provide appropriate competition for the Coronet.
• A body of principality law which provides for 
the maintenance and succession of the
Coronet, and for any other matters delegated or 
permitted by the parent kingdom. Draft
laws, in the form in which they will be presented 
to the victors of the first Coronet Lists,
must accompany a petition for principality status.


For more details, just pull up 
Corpora  (http://www.sca.org/docs/govdocs.pdf) and search for "Principality".

Corwyn



At 02:05 PM 6/6/2008, you wrote:
>Your pardon, good gentles, but for those of us 
>who weren't around ten years ago and haven't 
>lived in a place with a Principality - so that 
>we can keep up with the conversation swirling 
>about, could someone please state clearly 
>what-all is included in the creation of a Principality?
>I gather it would have a Prince and Princess who 
>are not heirs to the Crown, but who can hand out 
>Kingdom awards in place of TRM or TRH.  Are they 
>decided by tournament as well?  How long can 
>they hold office?  What's different between the 
>court structure of a principality and that of a 
>barony, besides rank of the rulers?  Does a 
>principality have to have a certain area in 
>square miles, or average population size?
>Thank you for helping me improve my general 
>awareness of SCA practice and procedure.
>For the record (though, alas, it makes no 
>difference in the price of gas) - I've really 
>enjoyed the events I've been to in other regions 
>of our fair Kingdom.  I've met the nicest 
>people, and it's fun to go new places and get 
>new ideas. I like road trips.  I feel much the 
>same about really far out-kingdom events I've 
>been to, but there is something about having 
>folks just a state or two away that helps me 
>think I really should see them more often, 
>seeing as we're on the same team and all.  If we 
>were to subdivide Altantia, the same nice people 
>and fun events will still be a state or two (or 
>three) away.  I liked things better when the 
>deciding factor was no more than the time I was 
>willing to spend getting there and back.
>Sorcha Prechan
>
>Blue Celt
>
>
>
>
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