I would imagine some combination of trade, tribute, and extracting free labor from their slaves.
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What would the ceremony for a king confirming the land and title of a vassal consist of? I assume their would be some kind of formal script like the vassal kneeling and pledging loyalty in front of the throne followed by a feast.
Well, here’s how it worked in Medieval Europe. From Wikipedia by way of Anne Duggan’s Nobles and Nobility in Medieval Europe:
“The would-be vassal appeared bareheaded and weaponless as a sign of his submission to the will of the lord and knelt before him. The vassal would clasp his hands before him in the ultimate sign of submission, the typical Christian prayer pose, and would stretch his clasped hands outward to his lord. The lord in turn grasped the vassal’s hands between his own, showing he was the superior in the relationship, a symbolic act known variously as the immixtio manuum (Latin), Handgang (German), or håndgang (Norwegian).[1] The vassal would announce he wished to become “the man”, and the lord would announce his acceptance.
Now there were variations on this model: often there was an exchange of tokens, such as rings, to signify mutual aid and fidelity; when a king was confirming a religious office, he handed the new bishop or whoever a crook staff (although this was a major source of disputes between church and state); sometimes, the ceremony of homage would be combined with the knighting ceremony so that there would be a dubbing; etc.
But the basics of a symbolic show of submission and trust on the one hand and protection and honor on the other were usually the same.
Is it just me or does Victarion seem incredibly bored in his chapters? Captured anothe ship today. Sacrificed some of the crew. Someone made me feel stupid. I killed him. The Red Priest said some things I didn’t understand. I fucked the woman my jerk face brother gave me. She’s probably a spy. I should kill her. Maybe tomorrow. Are those monkeys laughing at me?
/Werner Herzog voice:
“On this endless journey down the river of the meaningless farce we call life, routine becomes all. We anesthetize ourselves with routine, but it is never more than methadone holding back the terror of the void at the heart of nature.”
Do you think Barbrey Dustin is in denial about Brandon?
Absotively posilutely.
The wife of a King is automatically a Queen( in asoiaf and Real wolrd)!? And if not why and what could be the political difference beetween a non crowed queen?!
The answer is usually, but not necessarily. It depends on both time (during the time of Alfred the Great, West Saxon custom was that the wife of a king was not allowed to be titled as Queen, nor sit a throne alongside her husband; by the present day, English common law says that the wife of the king is automatically the Queen) and place.
The political difference would be minimal in the present day, but historically could have had a great influence on whether the wife of a king would become regent upon the king’s death and similar matters.
Maester Steven, may I please ask if you take any interest in Prehistoric Creatures? If so may I please ask if you have any favourites? (I would have written “Dinosaurs” but as a man recently bitten by the Palaeontology Bug myself one didn’t wish to neglect the multitude of fascinating species that may be found throughout the Wilderness of Deep Time even outside Dinosauria).
I did have a dino-phase when I was a kid – you can’t help it when you grow up pretty damn close to the Museum of Natural History in NYC, and when Jurassic Park comes out when you’re ten years old – but I don’t really remember, I’m sorry to say.
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Great world building on the orders! I am curious, was the Guild of Castlewrights inspired by Mohists?
Thanks!
If I’m being honest, I hadn’t heard of the Mohists, who do make a rather good fit. I started with the Stormlands’ emphasis on castles and defensive warfare, and then borrowed a little from Masonic mythology.
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