ANST - Ansteorra questions

[Mark.S Harris]

Blackwolf commented: 
> while on origins, if i'm not mistaken and memory serves, the
> origional spelling was "ansteora" .. no idea where/when that second
> "r" came from
> 
> 'wolf
> .. pre-ansteoran

The following excerpts are from my Ansteorra history file in the
SCA-STORIES section of my Florilegium:
Anst-hist-msg    (128K)  9/22/98    Histories of the Kingdom of
Ansteorra.
http://www.florilegium.org/files/STORIES/Anst-hist-msg.html

Stefan

> >        On the Name... there was a big argument on whether Ansteorra has
> >two "r" s or one.   Sounds silly but the fight really reached huge
> >proportions before it was resolved.
> >
> >How's that for history.... this was something like A.S. XIII, IX or X can't
> >remember.  They say your memory goes first.
> >
> >Clare
> 
> It was in XIII, I believe. At one point there was support for the name
> "Sable Star" instead of "Black Star" for the newsletter, and a few were
> printed that way. And, just to be fun, Prince Simon spelt Ansteorra with
> *three* "r"s (since the first principality reign was Ansteora and the
> second was Ansteorra, he decided to continue the "r" trend).
> 
> Aethelyan (who doesn't go back *quite* as far as Clare, but who still
> thinks about a walking stick from time to time)

>         The name Ansteora, (note one "r") was selected from one of three
> suggested.  One was Gilonade and the other Terebinthia.  Ansteora comes
> from Anglo Saxon, meaning One or Only Star. The person suggesting it was
> Aurielianne Rioghail, who was not there but sent a messenger.   It passed
> and I remember how impressive Althea was explaining the rationale behind
> the choice.  I remember taht the slate of officers we picked was the actual
> group that started with one exception.   I remember when Willow (who was
> not a Duchess then) came in covered with furs and her boar spear glittering
> from the mist with a troop of twenty people all holding spears, all Celts,
> to be represented. I remember meeting people who are still good friends.
> It was a great memory for me. I remember how good it felt to be a part of
> something that everyone felt was the right thing because we were all
> friends....
> 
>         After it was over we were heavily censured as a group for taking it
> upon ourselves to form a group.  But Atenveldt allowed us to form and the
> Region of Ansteorra came into being.  We operated much like a shire without
> any nobilty for awhile. By the time we became a Prinicpality, Atenveldt had
> begun decentralizing helped in part by this rebelous little Region.

> Clare
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