[Ansteorra] gonna stir some bunnies

[j_smallw at titan.sfasu.edu]

Yup, Corporate says rapier can't be part of lists for royal rank or armigerous
titles because it wasn't part of formal tournament combat.  (Though it appears
it was part of tournament combat in late period.)  That being said, formal
tournament combat never decided who was king in period as far as I know.

My point, I guess is that you can take one of two stands based on this.

a) our current model is not historically accurate so it shouldn't matter if
rapier were added to the mix

or

b) our current model is not historically accurate so why make it more
inaccurate by adding rapier to the mix.

Personally, I favor b).  I think we have more than enough historical accuracy
problems (for a historical organization) without creating more.

Ansgar von Aachen

Quoting Chris Zakes <moondrgn at austin.rr.com>:

> Actually it's in the SCA's By-Laws, not Corpora. The relevant section is
> Governing and Policy Decision #5, originally made in September of 1979 and
> (slightly) revised in July 1988.
>
> "The Board acknowledges period rapier combat as an ancillary activity of
> the Society when properly supervised by the marshals and when approved by
> the individual kingdoms.
>
> Rapier Combat may take place within a kingdom only by rules established by
> the marshallate of that kingdom and after the approval of those rules by
> the Marshal of the Society. The Board directs the Marshal of the Society to
> formulate guidelines for rapier combat within the Society.
>
> Rapier combat, not having been a part of formal tournament combat in the
> Middle Ages, shall not be a part of formal tournament lists for royal ranks
> or armigerous titles."
>
>
> That final paragraph is the crucial one. It basically says that while
> you
> can have rapier tournaments for "unofficial" titles like Queen's
> Champion
> or Defender of the Barony of Mudflats, you can't have rapier combat in
> Crown or Coronet tourneys.
>
> 	-Tivar Moondragon
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