[Ansteorra] Courtesy challenge

Chris Zakes dontivar at gmail.com
Tue Oct 3 04:32:10 PDT 2006


At 09:28 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote:
> >Lisa A. May maaggie1 at gmail.com
> >I think it's more an ideal SCA thing vs. an historical accuracy  thing.  As
> >everyone knows, this game of ours started out as a party,  just kinda
> >"growed" into what it is today, and somewhere along the  way, the
> >Aurthurian ideal became ingrained firmly in its culture.   For many of us,
> >it's one of the things that keep us coming back year  after year - the
> >romance of it all, as unhistorical as it might be.
>
>Like I said, a 19th century fantasy thing :)
>
>I don't mean that in any sort of insulting way. I'm just noting that what we
>think of chivalric courtesy and proper behavior isn't doesn't go back much
>before the Victorian era, and wasn't much more than an ideal at that.  If
>that's what folks want to aim for, I'm all in favor of it.  I'm just
>pointing out the flawed dichotomy of "21st century thing vs. 16th century
>thing".
>
>Marc/Diarmaid


And where does that tie in with the whole "courtly love" thing?

         -Tivar Moondragon




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