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Politics

2003-11-15T23:12:17Z

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'''Politics''' is the study of decision-making power (who's got it, and who hasn't). '''Politics''' can take many forms -- discussions, arguments, etc.

== Period politics ==
'''Politics''' within the [[Middle Ages]] and the [[Renaissance]] largely revolved around who had the largest sharp [[sword]], or who had the most friends with sharp [[sword]]s. '''Politics''' also revolved around who was in power in the [[Church]], who was wearing the [[Crown]], and who had the favour of those in power in those institutions. The resolution of [[political dispute]]s was made primarily by [[war]]s rather than [[diplomacy]], however the influence of the [[pope]] and the institutions surrounding the [[papacy]] meant that the [[Church]] was also heavily involved in the resolution of [[political dispute]]s.

== Politics in the SCA ==
'''Politics''' in the [[SCA]] usually revolves around the [[officer]]s and [[peer]]s of the SCA, not to mention the [[Crown]]. Fortunately, in the case of the latter, we have a system that is very similar to the system in place in the [[Middle Ages]] in that the strongest person with the largest (in our case blunt) [[sword]] is the winner.

== See also ==

* [[Politics in the Renaissance]]

**** See Talk before you apply any weight to this article - Anton ***

Talk:Politics

2003-11-15T23:11:42Z

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Anton here.

I dont have time to revise this right now, but this article is so completely, totally and tragically wrong it's not funny. This is nineteenth century scholarship at it's absolute worst.

This sort of article is why written works need named authors, so readers can identify their future work, and apply appropriate weight to it.

Tobin, your work just made my 'Ignore as crap unless it's really well footnoted with authorities I trust' list.

To summarise ;

If there is one golden thread that runs through medieval political thought and practice, it is the idea of lawfullness.

It is not sufficent to merely conquer some province ; you have to have a lawful claim to it. For example - William of Normandy invaded England in defence of a lawful claim to the throne, and the English campaigns in France had a legal basis other than 'They wanted our land, and the took it'.

It could be a pretty crappy claim, but the claim needs to be there.

Now, in Quattracentro and later Italy, these rules did not apply, as by this point Italy was not a medieval society ; it was in the Modern, where States are soveriegn, amoral and co-equal.

Talk:Courtly love

2003-11-15T22:54:08Z

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Conrad,

Cool edit. Thank you.

Anton