[MR] Fw: Re: 4th Peerage

[Cecelia Hughes]

I have fallen prey to the "who will the list send this to this time?" bug...
 
Graidhne

Cecelia Hughes 
Fredericksburg, VA 22405  
hughescecelia @ yahoo.com 


Dwell in possibility. 
-- Emily Dickinson

--- On Fri, 2/20/09, Cecelia Hughes <hughescecelia at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Cecelia Hughes <hughescecelia at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [MR] 4th Peerage
To: mweymark at carolina.rr.com
Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 10:59 AM







I've seen both pelicans and laurels given for archery and fencing, and I think the chivalry is stupid if it doesn't recognize prowess in those martial arts as well.
 
Graidhne ni Ruaidh,
Troublemaker

Cecelia Hughes 
Fredericksburg, VA 22405  
hughescecelia @ yahoo.com 


Dwell in possibility. 
-- Emily Dickinson

--- On Fri, 2/20/09, mweymark at carolina.rr.com <mweymark at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

From: mweymark at carolina.rr.com <mweymark at carolina.rr.com>
Subject: [MR] 4th Peerage
To: "Atlantia" <atlantia at atlantia.sca.org>
Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, 10:17 AM

Personally I think non-heavy combat has been too long ignored in the Peerage
community.  The rapier, archery, thrown weapons populous give every bit as much,
to the game we all adore, as the Heavy fighting, A&S and service
communities.  Why should they not be recognized on a peerage level for that
contribution??

Now the question of "do they fit into an existing Peerage"?? No I
dont think they do.  Yes rapier (for example) is both an art and a science,
however in that light so is heavy fighting, so a rapier fighter can no sooner be
considered a Laurel as a heavy fighter could. And the fact that heavy fighting
has its own peerage would say that in all fairness non-heavy combatents should
have their own.  Lets face it, there are certainly some rapier fighters out
there that have honed their craft to such a degree as to have achieved Mastery
in their craft, this point can not be argued, so why not award them with a title
of that achievment???

Just my two cents.

--

Caterine St. Loe
"the Good 'Prentice"
Chateaux Ferneaux

SNIP
> 
> New peerage...I'm a 'half and half' - 1st half: what's
wrong with the 3 we
> have? 2nd half: the non heavy armored martial arts could use some love,
but
> is it 'art' (A&S) or 'belt' worthy :) dunno, not my
call.
> 
> Miriel

========================================================================
                   The Merry Rose Tavern at Cheapside
    List Info: http://merryrose.atlantia.sca.org/
  Submissions: Atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
Subscriptions: http://seahorse.atlantia.sca.org/mailman/listinfo/atlantia