Chivalry Discussions: Beyond the Void

[bdeb]

So I'm really trying to get better about updating this site

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[valr]

I think it might be appropriate to also look at mourning rituals. We in the SCA do not get to have the obvious break that comes with death in battle, as many squires would have known in the Middle Ages. Most often, a knight in the SCA dies well away from their squires and those last moments are secret. Continuing to wear that belt is, in some ways, an attempt to grasp for that last contact that never was allowed. It may not be particularly medieval to continue to wear the belt for some time, but it may be some relation to mourning practices that have yet to be researched

[donal_mac_r]

My initial reaction to the question was that remaining in fealty to the memory of one's knight was a wonderful way to honour the knight's memory. But on reflection, I realized that that is probably a Victorian sort of sentimentality

[bdeb]

In the always fun world of "Aren't you the guy who shot his wife?" I find that the knight of a friend of mine just passed away. Ugh. I didn't know he was ailing when I wrote this. The inspiration came from a thread on the AA.