ANST - More on oaths knights swear

[C. L. Ward]

Here's a tidbit on another period oath of fealty, forwarded to the Ironrose
list (the list for lady fighters) from the Lochac (SCA Australia) list:

> Conrad Leviston wrote:
>
>         I was reading through an old text book on the Capetian Kings of
> France and came across an oath of fealty given by Baldwin of Flanders to
> the King of France. I thought a few people here might be interested in it,
> especially if they, like me, have never seen an oath of fealty not written
> by Tolkien before.
>
> 'I, Baldwin, Count of Flander and of Hainault, make it known to all men
> present and to come that I have agreed and sworn to my liege lord Philip,
> the Illustrious King of France, to give him aid, openly and in good faith,
> all the days of my life, against all mortal men; and moreover to aid him
> for my my land of Hainault both against my lord the Bishop of Liege, if he
> should ever seek to trouble the king or if the king should wish to proceed
> against the said bishop, and also against the Emperor; and I will never
> withold or withdrae such aid from the King of France as long as the said
> lord shall be ready to do right by me in his court and to let me be judged
> by those who ought to be my judges in the court of the King of France.'
>
>         Anyway, there it is. I quite like it and think that with a few
> obvious alterations* could make quite a nice fealty oath for the new
> Kingdom.
>
> *eg King of France -> King and Queen of Lochac, Bishop of Liege ->
> Archbishop Pell
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Conrad Leviston~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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