[Ansteorra] gonna stir some bunnies

[Thaine Briscoe]

Thank you all for the education


----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Zakes" <moondrgn at austin.rr.com>
To: <ansteorra at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, January 17, 2003 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] gonna stir some bunnies


> At 12:19 PM 1/17/03 EST, Thora asked:
> >--
> >[ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> >I am sure this bunnie pot has been stirred before but I don't recall
being
> >around for the conversation.
> >
> >I was sitting around with some friends and one of them mentioned that
rapier
> >fighters cannot become King because Kings are always choosen by heavy
combat.
> >
> >I was wondering if the way Kings are determined is set by Corpora or by
> >Kingdom Law.
>
>
> and Rurik also asked:
> >
> >If the wording states that the Crown must be by tournament and by single
> >combat, how or even where does it say that this tournament and single
combat
> >must be a chivalric Single combat tournament and not a Rapier single
combat
> >tournament or even a combined Chivalric/Rapier single combat tournament
> >(where the fighter must fight both styles). It seems to me that people,
by
> >tradition, assume that the tournament must be Chivalric and no other
> >Fighting style.
>
> 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 Governing and Policy Decision #5, originally made in September of 1979 and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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