[Sca-cooks] OT- Peerage Oaths

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> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Solveig Throndardottir
> 
> Noble Cousin!
> 
> Greetings from Solveig!
> > 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.
>
> Except for the chivalry which is divided into two parts for precisely  
> this reason.

I believe that even the chivalry must allow for an alternative ceremony.
 Per corpora, the Society must allow participants to engage in the
*full* range of activities - which would include being a Knight rather
than a Master of Arms - without requiring an actual oath.

Note that I am not (nor do I want to be) a member of the chivalry.

- Doc