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Eruanna · 02-19-2005, 07:22 PM

As the esteemed Barrow Wight said and also, the perceived Diplomatic Immunity of the heralds only came into being much later (Tudor/Elizabethan and afterwards) when their positions became more or less those of petty officials who marshalled tournaments or 'talked up' their lord's prowess in the joust, rather than the battle messengers of earlier times.

However, Bethberry's notion of Elrond as herald and Arwen's banner making, is something that I had not considered before...One of the reasons why I love this place

02-19-2005, 07:22 PM	#23
Eruanna Memento Mori Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Past The Point Of No Return Posts: 1,117	As the esteemed Barrow Wight said and also, the perceived Diplomatic Immunity of the heralds only came into being much later (Tudor/Elizabethan and afterwards) when their positions became more or less those of petty officials who marshalled tournaments or 'talked up' their lord's prowess in the joust, rather than the battle messengers of earlier times. However, Bethberry's notion of Elrond as herald and Arwen's banner making, is something that I had not considered before...One of the reasons why I love this place __________________ "Remember, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things. And no good thing ever dies."

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