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Loved it. And all those things that he will give up for Lent. That was a long 40 days and nights. 


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Medieval Knight's Oath - House of Savoy
Item number: 2280012898
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Seller: jimsavoia(111)
Positive Feedback: 100%
Member since Apr-30-99 in United States
Starting bid: US $10.25
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Item location: Philadelphia
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Summary







This modern reproduction
of a historical document represents one of the first beacons of
light to penetrate the dark ages. It's 500 years after the
cataclysmic eruption of Krakatoa in Southeast Asia that started a
chain of events that led to the fall of the Roman Empire. The
anarchy and barbarism that followed 'the fall' lasted for half a
millennium. This medival knight's oath at the council of Anse in
1025 promises to adhere to the 'new concept' of engaging in a
more civilized manner of conducting war and ones daily affairs.
His pledge... I will not assault a noblewomen, monks and unarmed
travelers. I will not raze or otherwise destroy houses..... I
will not cut, tear down, or uproot vines, willows and fruit trees
and I will not destroy mills or the grain inside. There is
however, some reluctance to embrace this curbing of pillage and
plunder. Count Umberto adds his humorous caveat, swearing to
follow these honorable and noble gestures ...during lent. 

Count Umberto Biancamano di Savoia
(Humbert the Whitehands of Savoy) was the great-grandson of the
Holy Roman Emperor Otto II and the founding member of 'la casa
reale di Savoia' (the Royal House of Savoy), emerging some nine
centuries later as the oldest royal house of Europe still on a
throne. Traced through the male line, the Savoia sovereigns of
twentieth-century Italy descended directly from Umberto
Biancamano. In 1983 the last king of Italy died, his name was
Umberto Savoia. 


    In 1003, for military service
    rendered to Emperor Conrad II whose rights he defended,
    Umberto was granted strategic Alpine territories as a feudal
    lord and became the first Count of Savoy. As the defender of
    several important Alpine passes, he exercised his rights more
    like a sovereign ruler than that of a mere feudal vassal.
    This could have resulted from the obvious importance of his
    loyalty to the Emperor. His name of "Whitehands' came
    about by an early mistake in translation from Latin. The
    reference to the white stone walls of Umberto's alpine castle
    forever tagged him Umberto the Whitehands.  The House of Savoy (Savoie in French) was there during the crusades, the age of Knighthood  and Chivalry and the Renaissance.  They have a colorful heraldry that started with Umberto?s Coat of Arms. They can be found in the ranks of the Knights Templar and they married royalty throughout Europe.


The overall size of this beautiful
parchment leaf is 8.5 x 11". The image measures 7 x
8.25"

add $4.65 for shipping, handling
and insurance in USA. $7.50 Internationally. 

 

 

 



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