[Sca-cooks] Court News from Lochac

[Steve]

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Ummm, Alban, not to be nit-picky but Calafia is in Caid (which was formerly
part of the West)

Æduin


At 03:08 AM 12/04/2001 -0500, you wrote:

> >What's the difference between a Court Baron and a Landed Baron?
>The latter is the ceremonial person "in charge" of a barony; the former
>isn't. The Barony of Three Rivers, the Barony of Shattered Crystal, the
>Barony of Calafia, the Barony of Storvik (in the kingdoms of Calontir,
>the Middle, the West, and either the East or Atlantia, I'm not sure where
>the border is), for example, all have landed Barons (and Baronesses)
>in overall charge. They're installed by the Crown in consultation with
>the appropriate populace, and act sort of like mini-Crowns.
>It's one of the closest things the SCA has to a true fiefdom and a feudal
>structure.
>
>"Court Baron" is mostly an award, granted either on its own or in many
>cases to territorial barons or baronesses who've just stepped down. In
>Calontir it's often given to people who've performed long-standing
>personal service to whichever Crown gave 'em that title (retainers,
>in other words, mostly).
>
>Alban

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