[Sca-cooks] Gunthar's reception.....

[Terry Decker]

In some ways, I think the SCA operates closer to the French idea of nobility 
than the English system we've adopted for the Chivalry.  Noblesse par 
chevalerie seems to cover a wider range than just knights (say Laurels and 
Court Baronages), while noblesse de robe matches nicely with Pelicans and 
noblesse par fiefs does for the landeds.  Not really something I'm 
knowledgeable in, but a casual encounter with concepts leads to some 
interesting ideas.

Bear

> I was dubbed with a sword at my elevation to the Pelicanate.  Nobody
> squawked.
>
> The Chain is a reserved charge for the Chivalry, through the College of
> Arms, although I have known a few dissident Laurels and Pelicans who
> wore it on purpose as a protest, saying the weight of Fealty wore just
> as heavily on themselves as on any Knight.  I do not advocate this
> position, I merely report it.
>
> Selene Colfox, Caid