Medieval law basically held that: 1. No one can justly use a thing without having some right in it, at least a right of using. 2. No one can justly 'use' a...
Give the role of wmen in the Middle Ages (http://www.gtexts.com/college/papers/s3.html) and the general anachronism (thank goodness) of the Order's accepance...
... Surely the Order lays claim to all magical resources within its borders? It doesn't advertise or press this claim to mundane authorities however. If vis...
David Woods
david@...
May 23, 2002 6:55 pm
1107
... Certainly. The order's claim comes from it's decent from the cult of Mercury. The idea that any other organization -especially a mundane one- should have ...
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... Overall, the Order does not appear to recognise any mundane authority formally in any way. A mundane is important only for his ability to cause...
paul.sherliker@...
May 24, 2002 8:45 am
1113
... Okay, thats brilliant. The Order claims all magical resources within the boundaries of the Ofrder, and allots them to specific covenants. It explains why...
... I imagine the Qs running a vis source registry. If Magi find a source, they go to the local Q and 'stake-their-claim'. Of course it might have already been...
David Woods
david@...
May 24, 2002 2:54 pm
1115
... I do that too. There has t be some way to handle vis claims, or the Order is just pure chaos. Jere ...
1) Would you give the Quaesitores that kind of power over your vis? Not to mention that it might be a "treasure map" for unscrupulous magi to claim-jump your...
... I and others are assuming that the Quaesitors (in general) have great respect hermetic law. This view is the one presented in the Houses of Hermes. I would...
David Woods
david@...
May 24, 2002 7:10 pm
1118
... I tend to beleive that this is Tribunal dependant. The more heavily populated Tribunals will be keener on exact deliniations of ownership. Within my...
... That doesn't necessarily require a central registry, any more than land ownership in the Middle Ages required a registry. If vis claims are made public...
... That would be enough to legally enforce a claim certainly. However, making your claims public opens up the opportunities for poachers. I imagine vis...
David Woods
david@...
May 25, 2002 8:54 am
1121
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paul.sherliker@...
May 27, 2002 8:39 am
1122
The Order has, in its peripheral Code, a 'Join or Die' Clause. Where do you think that develped? How do you think it applies today? Do you think the Order...
Brief History of Diplomacy The medieval view that the first diplomats were angels, messengers from heaven to earth, is perhaps fanciful, but diplomacy has a...
A claim can be made (reasonably, I think), that Tremere and Tytalus themselves are simply factional lineages of the same overarching lineage of Guorna the...
He's certainly influencial. We know Guorna was important enough for Tremere to be allowed into the company of the Order as a Founder, rather than as an...
... Who was Guorna. And what does the existence of his lineage in three diferent houses mean? Jeremiah ... I thought Guorna was a Maga, not a Magus.... Or is...
... As a one line throwaway, Guorna's not given a sex that I remember - but it's possible that the name implies one. I, too, imagined a maga, however. From...
paul.sherliker@...
Jun 13, 2002 1:16 pm
1128
... I would presume that this grew out of the tradition of the Roman Empire and its Hegemony and ... well ... "Embrace and Extend" policy. Effectively, this is...
... If I recall correctly, Guorna was female. Serf's parma, but I think it's canon (OoH? HoH?). Leaving that aside, I'm very much of the opinion that...
The principle of popular sovereignty seems to have been a product of the middle ages. The Church would sometime note vox populi vox Dei, "The voice of the...
From Kabbalah: Many Houses view the Jerbiton as effete snobs and forget House Jerbiton's pledge to protect mundane society, especially cities. The fall of...