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William writes:

>The result I aim at is *not* a fully authentic system built on any
>time and place, but rather a romantic system founded on various
>authentic and typical western-European medieval traditions and
>systems -- and the reason for this desire is that the romance is
>enhanced by authenticity. 

To some extent.  The problem is that the romantic versions come from a
lot of different time periods, and most artists (e.g., writers) simply
transplanted their own neighbors (so to speak) back in time; i.e.,
they were being (gasp) inauthentic.  E.g., the historical Arthur
probably didn't wear chain mail, given that it was't around in 5th (?)
century Britain.  Look at the various paintings of "The Martyrdom of
Saint So-and-So": then cross check when St. So-and-So died and see how
"authentic" the garb, etc., is in the paintings, for a much more
concrete example.  

To inject a note of levity, you must have _some_ authenticity,
otherwise you end up like Don Quixote who tells Sancho that since the
chivalrous romances didn't mention knights paying for anything, they
obviously didn't, and since they didn't mention knights eating, they
obviously didn't...

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