[Ansteorra] Ansteorran History "Did You Know?"

[Elisabeth B. Zakes]

Actually, the Order of the Cavaliers of the SCA (CSCA) was a
Principality of Ansteorra order to recognise excellence in rapier, and
IT was the first official recognition. It had exactly one member --
created on 10 March, A.S. XIV (1979) -- and was transformed into the
Kingdom of Ansteorra's Order of the White Scarf by, I believe, Lloyd I
and Joycelyn I, and later made into a polling order by one of the
Inmans. Since the insignia of the CSCA was a white scarf worn about
the left shoulder, the first white scarf ever worn was in the Kingdom
of Atenveldt. :)

Aethelyan Moondragon
Bryn Gwlad

On 9/25/06, Chiara Francesca <chiara.francesca at gmail.com> wrote:
> Order of the White Scarf was founded here in 1979.
> Correct me here but I believe it was the first official recognition of
> rapier fighting as an organized Order in the known world.