[Ansteorra] Use of Titles (was Re: hiding mundane)

[Alden Drake]

I find the topic of proper use of titles to be somewhat ironic, since 
the titles we use in the SCA are not historically proper.  You'd think 
that a society that strives to recreate the period would correct itself 
when it finds itself in error.  Yet for some reason a person can be a 
Peer, go by the title "Master/Mistress", and not be a baron/ess or above 
(how weird is that?), meanwhile, someone who has been awarded arms can 
be called "Lord/Lady"! (a proper title for a Peer).  The best way I have 
found to accept this is to recognize that my title is Ansteorran.  While 
my persona is that of an Englishman, I hold a Grant of Arms from 
Ansteorra, not England.  As such, I am willing to subscribe to such 
conventions that are Ansteorran (or determined by Corpora).

HL Alden Drake