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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #60 on: 2013-04-18, 14:51:49 »
If I had been born in the Medieval Period I would have been of nobility. My ancestor's held land in the Cadiz region for centuries. I would have been a warrior of course, but also Wine maker and ship builder.

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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #61 on: 2013-04-18, 16:28:52 »
Tracing back ancestors to Charlemagne, Nobility, The 10th Earl of Umptysquatshire doesn't really mean much.  If you look at the branches of a family tree and how many splits occur between now and then, statistically, most everyone has some connection to someone who touched history.  I think people over-emphasize those connections and dismiss the other 100 that aren't as flashy.  I'm not trying to take away from your lineage, but understand that when you're 25 generations removed, so much else contributed to that family tree, that a single leaf from 750 years ago does not translate into anything substantive today. 

I guess this topic should really say 'What do you wish you would have been in the medieval age?' :)
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #62 on: 2013-04-18, 16:30:55 »
ooooooooh wish?

 then i'd be a king. why? cause i aint got $#% all over me

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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #63 on: 2013-04-18, 16:42:25 »
Ian I see your point. However my bloodline runs back directly to nobility until the purge by Francisco Franco. My family was land owners and nobles before the foundation of Spain as a country. Not that it means anything anymore. as far as trades are concerned I would be very happy being a Bard. or perhaps a wine maker.

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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #64 on: 2013-04-18, 17:36:04 »
ooooooooh wish?

 then i'd be a king. why? cause i aint got $#% all over me

I'm with you. It's good to be the king. :)
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #65 on: 2013-04-18, 17:52:56 »
Indeed  ;)
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #66 on: 2013-04-18, 18:18:55 »
Tracing back ancestors to Charlemagne, Nobility, The 10th Earl of Umptysquatshire doesn't really mean much.  If you look at the branches of a family tree and how many splits occur between now and then, statistically, most everyone has some connection to someone who touched history.  I think people over-emphasize those connections and dismiss the other 100 that aren't as flashy.  I'm not trying to take away from your lineage, but understand that when you're 25 generations removed, so much else contributed to that family tree, that a single leaf from 750 years ago does not translate into anything substantive today. 

I guess this topic should really say 'What do you wish you would have been in the medieval age?' :)

Agreed. We all know royals & nobles got their 'junk' into everyone's business then over the generations creating all kinds of bloodline relations & family ties of illegitimate means. To say you are related to someone of significance then who mostly has no importance today, is the same as saying you almost won the lottery. Doesn't get you anything or anywhere...but maybe creates some interesting scandals.
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #67 on: 2013-04-18, 23:35:26 »
ooooooooh wish?

 then i'd be a king. why? cause i aint got $#% all over me

I'm with you. It's good to be the king. :)

Why? Because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at you? :)
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #68 on: 2013-04-19, 00:01:39 »
ooooooooh wish?

 then i'd be a king. why? cause i aint got $#% all over me

I'm with you. It's good to be the king. :)

Why? Because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at you? :)
and isn't that why the SCA, Adrian Empire, WMAs, etc etc etc all appeal to us one and all?   ;D


Tracing back ancestors to Charlemagne, Nobility, The 10th Earl of Umptysquatshire doesn't really mean much.  If you look at the branches of a family tree and how many splits occur between now and then, statistically, most everyone has some connection to someone who touched history.  I think people over-emphasize those connections and dismiss the other 100 that aren't as flashy.  I'm not trying to take away from your lineage, but understand that when you're 25 generations removed, so much else contributed to that family tree, that a single leaf from 750 years ago does not translate into anything substantive today. 

I guess this topic should really say 'What do you wish you would have been in the medieval age?' :)

and I must say, that and your response of "a peasant, just like everyone else." Was very well said Ian.  And very humble considering what your esteemed profession is.  I do love the sound of hawks on the horizon.  They're truly a symbol of "home" for some of us.  And even if your job flying that hawk is nothing more than as some of my other flyboy friends would say "esteemed taxi driver" without you guys, it would be a very very long walk!

But still, I like to do living history personas, not just a "name and look" as some do, which is fine.  And in that, I must say, if my family were to approve, I'd run and join the Church, and fight alongside my brothers, for it isn't the hatred of those in front, but the love of those around and behind us that drives us now, and I hope that was still true back then.  Not like in "Kingdom of Heaven"...

beyond that, lets say I could become Grandmaster of an order... now that would be nice! 8)
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #69 on: 2015-07-04, 17:45:06 »
Well, a few years ago, I felt the desire to enlist into the military and serve my country, so I wager that were I alive in the medieval ages, I probably would have felt that same desire to serve my kingdom. I think I would remain a Soldier.
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #70 on: 2015-08-07, 17:39:50 »
If I were to have my modern personality and opinions on life then I would undoubtedly be an heretic in the medieval world. Yep, that would be my lot in life.
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #71 on: 2015-08-07, 21:55:48 »
Mercenary... I doubt I would have been noble.
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #72 on: 2015-08-16, 04:09:56 »
Mercenary... I doubt I would have been noble.

I chose to represent a mercenary as well more than 20 years ago.

My understanding and representation has evolved over the years due to internal conflicts with the local establishment.  These conflicts seem to ebb and flow, and recently disappear altogether.

The one thing that has never changed is the proverb “actions speak louder than words”.  My SCA unit hires on with a knight or other dignitary at the beginning of an event (ceremoniously only, no fee or gift has ever been accepted).  For the entirety of that event our Captain takes orders from the Sponsor (and the Sponsor only); we take orders from our Captain, without exception.

I find simplicity, elegance, nobility and honor within this arrangement.  I suspect it’s not too dissimilar to mercenary arrangements in the late 14th to 15th century Europe.
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #73 on: 2015-08-18, 19:54:27 »
Mercenary... I doubt I would have been noble.
you could form a lance. Hence the Term Free- Lancers
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Re: What would you have been in the medieval age?
« Reply #74 on: 2015-08-20, 22:57:19 »
Mercenary... I doubt I would have been noble.
you could form a lance. Hence the Term Free- Lancers
Im pretty sure a lance, is a man with a longsword, a man with a pole axe, and a man with a lance on horseback.
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I do already have the horse... and the lance...  ;)
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