SR - New Traditions

Chris and Elisabeth Zakes moondrgn at bga.com
Wed Jul 15 15:24:02 PDT 1998


At 07:09 AM 7/15/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Richard Wolf said something that sounded like:
>> What about having an alternate style of Prince and Princess. One reign
>> the list is conducted as a Heavy and the next as a Light.
>
>Although a very worthy thought, as would determination by A&S
>competition or volunteer hours, as I read Corpora, light fighting is
>not allowed to determine this type of status. The statement is:
>
>   Rapier combat, not having been part of formal tournament combat in
>   the Middle Ages, shall not be a part of formal tournament lists for
>   royal ranks and armigerous titles.
>
>This unfortunately means you cannot determine Royal rank (ie. Prince/King)
>or armigerous titles (ie. Viscounty) by the fighting of a tournament.


That is correct. I was at the Board meeting when this policy was instituted
(Governing & Policy Decision #5), and that was precisely their intent:
rapier combat was not to be used in Crown or Coronet tournaments.

*I* have no desire to try to change that.

	-Tivar Moondragon
		

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