[Ansteorra] In defense of courtesy

[Mike C. Baker]

> >Ceallach mac Donal ceallach at dwarfworks.com Hmmm.  I have 
> seen quite 
> >often the opposite occur, when a lady escorts her lord or a 
> unattached 
> >male friend into court.  Not as often true, but probably 
> once for every 
> >two times I have the example you provide.
> >I wonder if perhaps this is newer behavior?
> 
> Which is newer?
> 
> When I started in the Society, it was neither required nor 
> necessarily expected that a person of either gender needed an 
> escort into Court.  At least if it was, no one ever mentioned 
> it to me.  Sometime after that it became de rigeur - and I 
> seem to recall even seeing a crown or two insist that an 
> unaccompanied lady must be accompanied.  Of course, it's been 
> a while, so the pendulum may have slipped back, and I've missed it.
> 
> Anyone have any more recent evidence that it is the expected thing?
> 
> Marc/Diarmaid

IKA:  my observations of a (limited) number of courts here in western
Aethelmearc is that it is far more common for individuals to be escorted
than otherwise -- in most "common" circumstances.  Haven't seen enough
elevations to peerage here to speak to that situation...

Amra / Kihe / Mike