Principalities: "baby steps" Proposal (l

[Deborah Sweet]

Amr ibn Majid al-Bakri al-Amra wrote:
>Ansteorra already has administrative regions in place, with 
>geographical designators but no _formal_ "medieval-side" names or 
>functions. How about taking things one step at a time and advancing 
>these to "named regions" (shire, march, barony,  principality & others 
>having already been designated, we'd have to find an appropriate 
>alternate "title" - perhaps "Marquisate"? "March-land"?) instead of 
>full Coronet-list principalities?. These could / should be complete 
>with regional champions (Marquis/Marquessa? Waldgraf? other?), 
>hopefully permitted to present awards of less than grant-level by 
>derived authority of the Crown.

But what you've described *is* a principality. A Prince/Princess is 
under just those restrictions on award giving. If you want a first step, 
I would suggest just naming the regions. 


>We already have, at least at the "club" or "fun" level , "Nordsteorra" 
>as an informal reference to the Northern Region of Ansteorra.

>:Galen of Bristol
>:<GoB:  "Nordsteorra" is also the title of the Northern Regional 
>:Herald.>

Well, where do you think we got it from?  :)


>:<GoB:  Why just north?  Do northerners feel so much less attachment to 
>:the Kingdom?  And do you mean "north" as in "Oklahoma", or as in 
>:"north >of Waco", or what?  I've learned that "north" varies with who 
>:you ask.>

It's not so much a lessening of attachment to the Kingdom, but instead 
an intermediate level of attachment to our region. Some of us, but not 
necessarily all of us, are strongly attached to local group, region and 
kingdom (not necessarily in any specific order here, and it does vary by 
person).

And "south" can vary as well. After all, from where I'm at *all* the 
groups in Ansteorra except Wastelands & Northkeep are south of 
Mooneschadoweshire. It's only a matter of how far south they are.

Estrill