[MR] a question of protocol

[E. L. Wimett]

Well, no, for the most part in period everyone was not acutely aware of who 
outranked whom.  And it varied radically from place to place and time to 
time.  That's why they had specialists to deal with that.  They called them 
heralds. . .

Alisoun

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From: "Carolyn Cox" <thefarseeing at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 1:11 PM
To: <atlantia at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org>
Subject: Re: [MR] a question of protocol

> I do think it is important for us to come to a generally agreed upon order 
> of precedence.  We are trying to act in a manner something like period, 
> and many do take this seriously.  Clearly, there is no general agreement 
> now.  I will point out that in period, everyone was acutely aware of who 
> outranked whom and acted accordingly on all ceremonial occasions and when 
> in court  Indeed, they took great pride in that knowledge and their 
> ability to act correctly.  I see nothing wrong with that.  Averey
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