ANST - Princes and Princesses

[Decker, Terry D.]

> The desire to create a principality, I think, has more to do with
> upgrading the status of a region than with chopping up the kingdom.
> When a shire goes for barony status, no one complains that they
> want to leave the kingdom.  I don't understand why people fear
> secession when a region starts talking about going for principality
> status, but they do.
> 
> - Galen of Bristol, Knight of Ansteorra
> 
The change of status from shire to barony does not normally affect any other
group.  I have heard baronial grumblings when a canton grew to be a shire.
It might also be enlightening to see what would happen if a Barony broke
from a Principality to create a Principality.

While there are examples to the contrary, the general experience has been
that principalities become kingdoms.  Ansteorra's regions represent
geographical areas established for administrative purposes.  As you have
pointed out previously, they are not recognized SCA groups.  They may have a
regional identity and they may become a principality, but there is little
chance of a region successfully seceding from a Kingdom.  Once a region
becomes a principality, the threat of secession becomes real, even if the
reality is not likely.

Bear
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