[MR] "most Chivalrous"

[the.lady.phoenix at gmail.com]

In a way, the SCA reminds me of a time where people took real war and
death as a spectator sport (for those interested in this out of period
off topic subject look up the battle of Bullrun the winners get to
name the battles even if they lost the engagement but won the war.),
in a way this just increases that looking at wars.

Until the below post I was not sure what was so Chivalrous about
fighting, knightly sure, but now I see it's not the fighting it's
whats done, before and after, and calling a hold on the fight before
someone gets seriously injured, even if it means giving up an
advantage and then losing to your opponent.

Lacking the gear I wonder if there has been a Tourney where the list
field was used, Combat Archers from each side started at opposite ends
of the field, they fire a volley at the same time at each other, and
then the survivors took a step forward, and this was repeated until
there was only 1 left standing?  (as if one side got wiped the
surviving side would lose half their number to the other side and then
continue until there was only one)

Sara

On 26/09/2009, Melanie Weymark <caterinestloe at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Your Grace you bring up quite an interesting question and one that I am sure
> could and will have hundreds of different answers.
>
> I can only give my own insight on the matter, so please don't think I speak
> for my Laurel or my house on this matter.
>
> Personally, I believe when looking to a list one judging for this particular
> category can only judge on the appearance of what we call chivalry, honor,
> knightly behavior.  As an ex-fighter I know only too well how others
> (spectators) might think they know "that shot was good" when the one in the
> steal hat knows better.  That in and of itself makes it hard to judge this
> off the field and in my opinion removes the actual fight from judgment.  I
> believe what the judge should be looking for is not actually chivalrous
> behavior in battle but more the displays that add to our society, such as
> paying honor to ones Lady in such a manner as to make the other Ladies
> watching smile just a little bit more, or two equals meeting on the field
> and after a long fight, leaving one inevitably the loser, embracing as
> friends, Paying due respect to the Crown of Atlantia and the Baron and
> Baroness of the land on which they fight, perhaps a fighter calling a hold
> when they
>  notice their opponent's knee arm has come loose.
>
> These sorts of things for me only add to our game and while many fighters
> believe that SCA fighting is a sport and has nothing to do with the Lady
> watching from the side lines...or the crowd around them, its man vs man and
> nothing else matters, these little things truly bring to me the feeling of
> honor and chivalry and each time I see such an instant moment of truly
> "knightly behavior" I am allowed to slip a little further into the life and
> let the real world slip away.
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Lady Caterine St. Loe
> Chateaux Ferneaux
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