SC - OT-European vs. Middle Eastern

[Philip & Susan Troy]

LrdRas at aol.com wrote:
> 
> Seriously though, I am having trouble convincing the Shire to sponsor a Middle
> Eastern 'schola'. One of the persons objecting says that we can't do it
> because it's not 'European' therefor sponsoring it would put the Shire in a
> position of violating Corpora. We have a meeting tomorrow to discuss it and
> I'm afraid I have little ammunition to back me up. :-(

Okay. Study medieval medicine, and you study, essentially, an Eastern
science. Eat period court food, and you eat Eastern almonds, spices,
herbs, and aromatics. Fight in the Crusades, and you _go_ to the East to
establish a Western dominion in the East. Try telling Roland al-Islam
had no influence on the West. Try telling al-Andalus it didn't exist as
a Moorish land on the Iberian peninsula. Who did Charles Martel fight
against? Then, of course, we have the Japanese living in Venice in
period, to say nothing of the Mongols who made it into Poland in period.

Certainly one can argue for and against the propriety of an "Eastern"
persona in the SCA, but to ignore or deny the influence of the East is
to admit defeat in understanding the West.

And, IIRC, Corpora doesn't mention Europe, it just says Western Culture,
and it was deliberately left vague, as far as I can tell. 

Adamantius
Østgardr, _East_ ;  )
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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