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- From: Joe.Bethancourt@f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Bethancourt)
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- Subject: 6 On Fealty
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:49:10
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- 6 On Fealty
- ------------------------CORPORA--------------------------------------
-
- VII.A. Patents of Arms
-
- 1) General requirements: Candidates for any order conferring a
- Patent of Arms must meet the following minimum criteria.
- Additional requirements may be set by law and custom of the
- kingdoms as deemed apprpriate and necessary by the Crown.
-
- a.) They shall have been obedient to the governing documents of
- the Society and the laws of the kingdom.
-
- b.) They shall have consistently shown respect for the Crown of
- the kingdom.
-
- ----------------------------end of quote-----------------------------
-
- And let us go back to Corpora once again:
-
- ------------------------CORPORA--------------------------------------
-
- VII.A.4.
-
- b.) The Order of the Laurel. Members of the Order of the Laurel
- may choose to swear fealty, but are not required to do so.
-
- c.) The Order of the Pelican. Members of the Order of the Pelican
- may choose to swear fealty, but are not required to do so.
-
- ----------------------------end of quote-----------------------------
-
- We can see pretty clearly here that to deny a person the Laurel or
- Pelican soley on the basis of their refusal to swear fealty would be a clear
- violation of Corpora. To be "obedient to ... the laws of the kingdom" and to
- "consistently show respect for the Crown" does -not- require a fealty oath.
- Further, listen to the Monarch's oath (in the Kingdom of Atenveldt)
- at his Coronation:
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- "I (name of Crown Prince) do for my part swear fealty to these
- knights of Atenveldt and all their households; to protect and defend
- them and their rights and duties against every creature with all my
- power; and to hold as my sacred trust this, the Crown of Atenveldt.
- And I do swear that no man who will not guard the honour of the
- people of Atenveldt, nor defend the principles of Chivalry; nor
- protect rigourously the rights of all subjects of the Crown of
- Atenveldt, and in particular those privileges ordained by Statute and
- established by custom to be the exclusive perogatives of the
- Nobility; nor who will swear this solemn oath so to do shall hold
- this, the Crown of Atenveldt, after me. So say I (and here the Crown
- Prince shall state his name), Prince of Atenveldt"
-
- ----------------------------end of quote------------------------------
-
- He promises to defend and protect -all- subjects, not just his
- liegemen. This constitutes (in my opinion) a legal fealty contract, though it
- is not "liege" fealty per se (except in the case of the Knights, of course.)
- It's actually a pretty strongly worded pledge, and should be studied and
- thought about, HARD, by -every- contender for the Throne.
-
- (more)
-
-
- ... One test of good manners is putting up pleasantly with bad ones.
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