FORKNI-L

FORKNI-L Digest - 4 Jul 2003 to 5 Jul 2003 (#2003-192)

Sat, 5 Jul 2003

There are 5 messages totalling 196 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. Literacy question (3)
  2. Notice on gifts to TPTB from KtK
  3. Urgent Notice From MPICA! July 3, 2003

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Date:    Sat, 5 Jul 2003 01:37:49 EDT
From:    DanaKnight@a.......
Subject: Literacy question

I believe Nick could read and write as a mortal because his sister was
reading an astronomy book. Am I right?

Could Lacroix read and write? Did he know how to do more than sign his name?

I don't think Janette knew how.

I'm not sure about Vachon. I know he could write his name in Blackwing's
flashback.

Okay, I guess it should be literacy questions.

Judy

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Date:    Sat, 5 Jul 2003 00:13:22 -0700
From:    Megan Hull <mistrydder@y......>
Subject: Re: Literacy question

>I believe Nick could read and write as a mortal because his sister was
>reading an astronomy book. Am I right?

Not necessarily.  Remember that boys intended to become knights left home
at around age 7 to be raised and educated by another noble family (their
education up to that point consisted mainly of religious training).

While it become more common in the 13th century for all noble children
to receive the basics of education, it was still more likely for a girl to
be taught to read and write than a boy; after all, she had to be able
to run a household.  Whether or not a boy learned to read and write
depended entirely on the wishes of his lord.  Remember also that reading
in particular was much more difficult than it is now-- they still used
Latin for almost all reading material, and the Roman method of writing:
all caps, no punctuation, and no spaces between the words.

NOTEXACTLYANEASYWAYTOGOABOUTGETTINGINFORMATION

I can just see a young Nicolas objecting to being educated.  "I'm going
to be a knight, not a scholar!  Why do I have to know how to read?!?"

>Could Lacroix read and write? Did he know how to do more than sign his name?

Quite probably, unless he orginally came from a poor family.  (Unlikely.
He was a senetor, and social climbing in Rome was *nearly* impossible.
But not completely.  If you want more on this, write me off-list.)
Wealthy children could get quite a good education, usually taught by a
Greek slave.

>I don't think Janette knew how.

Probably not.  There's a reason that time period was called the
Dark Ages.

>I'm not sure about Vachon. I know he could write his name in
>Blackwing's flashback.

Again, probably not.  A common soldier would not have come from
a wealthy enough background to merit any kind of education.  I would
imagine he could write his own name (most people either learned that
much, or made up some sort of identifying mark that was recognised
as symbolizing their name) and recognise some basic words and
names (like of places).  I also wouldn't be surprised if he was pretty
handy with complex arithmatic.  Your mama gives you money to go to the
market and threatens to whip you if you let yourself be cheated, you
learn to figure out numbers in a hurry!


             -Megan


"Eternal nights too short,
How quickly melt away,
With all the love we shared once,
Forever in a Day."

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Date:    Sat, 5 Jul 2003 12:49:36 EDT
From:    SField8067@a.......
Subject: Notice on gifts to TPTB from KtK

For those of you not on any FK lists, here's the latest news on what
the KtK is doing.  We have a new web site too.  Come on over and
check us out.  <g>

<<Here's a note on what our glorious leader did with the money from
our recent auction.  <g>

The Crusader Charity Auction held in June netted $125! The Crusader
staff has chosen gifts to send to the SciFi Channel's Bonnie Hammer,
President of Programming, and Thomas Vitale, Senior VP of
Acquisitions, Scheduling, and Program Planning, to thank them for
airing FK in the past and to urge them to put it back into the lineup
in the near future.

The goodies will be delivered to them on July 8th 2003

Be sure to check our website to see what the goodies look like!! :)
http://www.nancykam.com/crusader/auction.htm

All the best and happy holiday to all,
The Crusader Crew :)

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Date:    Sat, 5 Jul 2003 14:15:24 -0400
From:    Arletta Asbury <g4akl@c.......>
Subject: Re: Literacy question

At 01:37 AM 7/5/2003 EDT, Judy wrote:

>Could Lacroix read and write? Did he know how to do more than sign his name?

A General in Caesar's army?  Yeah he could most definatly read and write.
Orders from Caesar would not only have been written but one of the
earliest known codes was used by one of the Caesars to send instructions
to his generals that could not be spied upon.

Arletta

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Date:    Sat, 5 Jul 2003 15:29:50 -0400
From:    Annmarie <wench@o.......>
Subject: Urgent Notice From MPICA! July 3, 2003

Urgent Notice From MPICA! July 3, 2003

The auction dates have been changed to October 3-5, 2003 because of a
sudden critical
conflict that just arose with hiatus schedules of the productions involved
in the auction.

We regret having to change dates at this late notice, but in order to avoid
disappointments and schedule conflicts of our guests, we had to move the
auction back to October.

All previous registrations are still valid. Please rebook your hotel
reservations under "Lights, Camera, Auction"
for the new auction dates. The same rates will apply.

If you cannot attend, we will glady refund your registration, but we hope
the majority will be able to still attend.

For any further questions, please contact us at:
<mailto:info@m.......>info@m.......

Many thanks,

MPICA
<http://www.mpica.org>http://www.mpica.org

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