[Discuss] Stripping titles of underground members

[Josiah Allen]

On Jan 7, 2008 10:51 AM, John P. Murphy <john.p.murphy at dartmouth.edu> wrote:

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> On Jan 7, 2008, at 10:45 AM, J. Stephens wrote:
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> And no, the King would not be able to strip titles from someone for any
> reason he liked.  He's a King, not a god.
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> Someone doesn't seem to understand what a King was in middle ages times.
> They could do pretty much what they wanted to do (and with whom).
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> ... and that someone would be you.  You should read the 1215 Magna Carta
> sometime, it's pretty interesting: An English King got uppity, and was
> pretty much smacked down by his Barons and forced to renounce a number of
> the powers he'd claimed.
>
> John
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I dunno, historically people actually convicted of treason lost their lord
status all the time in medieval times.  They were imprisoned, their lands
given to someone else, and either lived in exile or died a pauper, if not
executed for rebellion.

I would say it makes sense IC.
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