ANST - Nobility/peerages

[Timothy A. McDaniel]

Conor <carcassonnais at geocities.com> wrote:
> Many SCA Knights are going to have a hard time accepting non-fighters
> with the title of "Sir."  Just as their medieval counterparts would
> not have accepted it, and for the same reasons.

I had the impression that knighthoods were given to non-fighters
before the end of the Middle Ages (however defined).  There
was some sort of tension between "nobility of the sword"
versus "nobility of the robe" in pre-Revolutionary France
(sorry I don't recall the French terms), but I don't know
that is was non-acceptance.

I do agree that the topic is generally likely to cause great fuss.

Daniel de Lincolia
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