[Sca-cooks] OT- Peerage Oaths

Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius adamantius1 at verizon.net
Mon Mar 2 02:15:54 PST 2009


On Mar 2, 2009, at 2:03 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

> I like 'Lainie's idea of swearing fealty with my hands between those  
> of my liege, if the King was someone I respected highly, such as  
> Gunthar, but I guess that is also crossing over between fealty to a  
> person and to an institution.
>
> For you Peers out there, that swore an oath, was the oath you swore  
> a generic one, or one that you created for yourself or one taken  
> from medieval times?

I've never been asked to swear fealty as a peer, but I did so a few  
times in my capacity as a great officer of state.

I swore, with my hands between those of the King and Queen, to  
faithfully serve the wellbeing and interests of the people of the  
Eastrealm, under the dictates of conscience and the guidance of the  
Crown.

Realizing that this is not everybody's idea of fealty, I'd then ask if  
this was acceptable, and the Crown always said yes.

My favorite [real, period] Oath of Fealty is from the elders of some  
Spanish town, and essentially it says, "We, who are no less than you,  
take you, who are no greater than us, to be our Lord and King,  
provided you uphold our ancient liberties and laws. And if not, not."

It seems to become a little more attractively relevant with each reign.

Adamantius








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