>>Kymrii wrote:.
>>
>>I do admit that I don't live in the Middle Kingdom, but this statement
>>made me wonder: Is (or was) the Midrealm one of those kingdoms that
>>required an AoA before someone could wear a metal circlet of a
>>particular size, or the bearing of a sword (I've also heard you needed
>>to be authorized to fight in order to be able to bear a sword in some
>>kingdoms)?
Actually, Kymrii didn't write that, _I_ did.
>I don't know about sumptuary laws, but a wise man said: "In the SCA, two
>kinds of people wear swords--knights and geeks. Don't be a geek."
Well, _that's_ a different take on it. Where might that wise man have
been from?
Lyle FitzWilliam
Bergental, East
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