[Sca-cooks] OT- Peerage Oaths

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> From: lilinah at earthlink.net
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> Here in the West...

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> Peerage Oath
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> A peerage oath is what one swears when when one becomes a peer (i'm sure i'll be corrected if i'm wrong).
> The oath for knights differs from the oath for laurels and pelicans. There is a standard ceremony and oath,
> but one can also use a non-standard format for the ceremony up to a certain point, when the standard oath
> kicks in. It ends with the oath of fealty, related to the oath the royalty swear when taking office. Here's
> the one for Laurels and Pelicans:

Note that all such oaths are optional, as per SCA corpora, and that when
an individual is unwilling to swear an oath for religious or other
reasons an alternate ceremony must be allowed for which doesn't involve
an oath.

- Doc (Quaker, who had an affirmation at his elevation)