Order: Difference between revisions

From Cunnan
Jump to navigationJump to search
(external link)
(correct intro, SCA section)
Line 1: Line 1:
An '''order''' is a specific group of people, where membership within the order may be restricted to those who follow particular religious beliefs or statutes ([[religious order]]s) or those who have been given certain [[title]]s or [[award]]s by the [[Crown]] ([[Chivalric Orders]]).
An '''order''' is a group of people defined by an [[award]]. In period orders were strictly for the [[nobility]].


Orders may have a [[symbol]] which may be reflected in their [[name]] (e.g. the [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[thistle]] for the [[Order of the Thistle]], the [[Garter]] for the [[Order of the Garter]]).
==External links==
* [http://www.adam.com.au/ncastle/boulton.pdf A list of orders found in D'A.J.D. Boulton's ''Knights of the Crown: The Monarchical Orders of Knighthood in Later Medieval Europe 1325-1520'']


== Orders in the SCA ==
==See Also==
Due to the [[SCA]]'s policy on [[religion]], there are no religious orders officially in the [[Society]]. However, many [[award]]s from all levels (ie. [[Baronial level award|Baronial]] to [[Society level award|Society]]) grant their recipients membership in a particular order. Most have a symbol which may or may not have been registered with the SCA [[College of Arms]] as a [[badge]].
* [[Chivalric Orders]]

The best known orders are the [[peerage]] orders:
* [[Order of the Rose]]
* [[Order of the Laurel]]
* [[Order of the Laurel]]
* [[Order of the Pelican]]
* [[Order of the Pelican]]
* [[Order of Chivalry]]
* [[Order of Chivalry]]


==External links==
{{stub}}
* [http://www.adam.com.au/ncastle/boulton.pdf A list of orders found in D'A.J.D. Boulton's ''Knights of the Crown: The Monarchical Orders of Knighthood in Later Medieval Europe 1325-1520'']

Revision as of 14:32, 9 August 2006

An order is a specific group of people, where membership within the order may be restricted to those who follow particular religious beliefs or statutes (religious orders) or those who have been given certain titles or awards by the Crown (Chivalric Orders).

Orders may have a symbol which may be reflected in their name (e.g. the Scottish thistle for the Order of the Thistle, the Garter for the Order of the Garter).

Orders in the SCA

Due to the SCA's policy on religion, there are no religious orders officially in the Society. However, many awards from all levels (ie. Baronial to Society) grant their recipients membership in a particular order. Most have a symbol which may or may not have been registered with the SCA College of Arms as a badge.

The best known orders are the peerage orders:

External links