[Northkeep] Acting apropriately

Montega montega at gmail.com
Tue Jun 5 19:37:47 PDT 2007


I think this thread was 15 miles long on the Ansteorran list....

On 6/5/07, Darlene Vandever <annescvb at gmail.com> wrote:
> *Greetings Northkeep!*
> **
> *On a historical note, requests by the nobles or the populace for a return
> to courtesy and respect are a time-honored activity in the SCA. I remember a
> court where the King and Queen stood up in the middle of the court,
> startling everyone into standing, and they swept out of the court with their
> entire entourage of champions etc. scrambling to keep up. After a few
> moments of shock, the King's herald returned to the front of the court and
> called for silence. Boy, did he get it! *
> **
> *Then the King came back down the aisle with his Queen on his arm and
> addressed the populace. He explained that HIS court was not to be
> disrespected by the few who could not control their tongues. He laid down
> the law and said that he expected people to whisper or to excuse themselves
> to go outside if they needed to chat with each other. He hinted that if he
> noticed people disrespecting his court by talking and carrying on in an
> inappropriate way that one or more of his champions might visit with the
> offending persons to personally invite them to take their conversations
> elsewhere.*
> **
> *The remainer of the court was quite respectful and I did notice some people
> took themselves elsewhere instead of continueing to be a disruption for the
> rest of us.*
> **
> *If memory serves me, that King was Patrick Michael Gordonne in his second
> reign and it was at a Stargate Yule. So discourteous persons have existed
> throughout our history and are no respecters of whether it was a baronial or
> crown court. And these same discourteous persons stretch from the most
> Southern regions of our kingdom even unto your far flung Northern realms. *
> **
> *Perhaps if more of our reigning nobles made better use of their Champions
> which guard their thrones and sent them to gently remind offending persons
> of where they are and what they are expected to do, there might be fewer
> instances of such behavior. *
> **
> *I hope you have enjoyed this moment from our history. Until then, I
> remain...*
> *Forever in Service,*
> *Mst. Annes*
> *Kingdom Historian*
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