ANST - the rapier peerage

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It was written that:

<<  > 3) Throughout most of the period in which unarmored
   rapier combat was practiced, knighthood was not offered
   for weapons mastery.  It would be inappropriate for me
   to be recognized for martial prowess.<
  >>

True, I have to admit that the use of the rapier in my (1575) period was not 
the reason why people were knighted. They were knighted for service to the 
crown and as favors, along with their skill in planning of war, commanding 
ships that stopped invasion from enemies and leadership in those wars that 
they planned attacks for. Unlike the Knights of earlier periods that were 
knighted for the amount of unarmored peasants they killed in battle so their 
king could sit on the throne.

Ld Pieter Rausch
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