[MR] opinions on peerage

[Maestra Cassandra Arabella Giordani]

The Peerage Orders are Society-wide, and therefore appropriately defined in
Corpora, not within the laws of just one Kingdom.

>From http://sca.org, under Documents and Policies, SCA Governing Documents:
http://sca.org/docs/pdf/govdocs.pdf

See section VIII.A. for Patent Orders, and VIII.A.4. for specifics on the
SCA Orders of Chivalry, Laurel and Pelican.

In service,
Cassandra

On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Jim/Mathias <jsfrodo at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've checked the Atlantian Books  of Law
> and Policy and can find no definition of the Order of Chivalry, which
> leaves me with what's recorded on the Order of Precedence, which
> defines the Order of Chivalry as "One becomes a member of the Chivalry
> through martial prowess on the field."  This says absolutely nothing
> about what type of combat you're practicing, it simply refers to being
> good at combat.  Can you show me a reference that defines "chivalric"
> combat as taking place only with heavy armor and rattan weapons?
>
> From Her Majesty:
> [quote] the Society mandated and tradition grounded basis of the
> order.  The order of Chivalry in the SCA was created for and about
> heavy fighting.[endquote]
>
> Your Majesty, I've seen nothing in Society documents that even defines
> the Peerage Orders, let alone mandates anything about them.
>
> Yours in Service,
> Lord Mathias von Oldenburg
>
>