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My confusion on Men at Arms, and Knights.
Sir Wolf:
no huscarls had land
SirNathanQ:
Ah, there goes my categorization. I thought they didn't. Is there any good source for learning about the huscarls? I'm sure there's some parallel we could find, with the right knowledge.
Ian:
Even if we could draw a loose parallel, I question the usefulness. It's convenient for us to classify things in neat packages, but Scandinavian Dark Age culture and Western European Medieval Culture are apples and oranges, and it may be best to leave them that way. We may be trying to force a labeling that will ultimately lead to incorrect conclusions.
SirNathanQ:
Probably. The question came up though, so I was looking for an answer. :)
I suppose in that light, the best answer to Sean's question is that they don't!
Ian:
My fear is once we label huscarls as knight analogs, people start to assume that other knightly characteristics are then true of huscarls... and that's where the improper labeling turns around to bite us in the behind. It's certainly a fun thought experiment though!
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