tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post1348228155994609069..comments2024-03-28T23:42:09.625+00:00Comments on Poul Anderson Appreciation: Medieval Or Modern MoralityKetlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08588156788583883454noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-74399713094593695772017-04-07T20:02:32.061+01:002017-04-07T20:02:32.061+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I'm in haste and have to reply br...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I'm in haste and have to reply briefly. But, as Norman Arminger was finding out, the political system he set up was already to develop traditions he did not entirely want. E.g., his own House of Lords did not always see eye to eye with him. The Protector could crush one or two of his barons at once but not all of them at the same time. That alone would eventually make for political maneuvering, bargaining, acceptance of precedents, etc.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-18044023589264447882017-04-07T19:30:54.538+01:002017-04-07T19:30:54.538+01:00Sean,
It would take time and guys like Arminger wo...Sean,<br />It would take time and guys like Arminger would resist it.<br />Paul.paulshackley2017@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704115766930975286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3538502828554372917.post-21148969832329530612017-04-07T16:15:17.381+01:002017-04-07T16:15:17.381+01:00Kaor, Paul!
I really don't see that MUCH diff...Kaor, Paul!<br /><br />I really don't see that MUCH difference between "Medieval" or "modern" values. For instance, I think real soldiers of any era will think and behave almost exactly as did Tiphaine d'Ath when kidnapping Rudi. Duty and loyalty are virtues the adherents of any cause, good or bad, will agree are good.<br /><br />Your last paragraph, I don't see how anything EXCEPT a very personal "rule by men" is possible assuming a crash and collapse as drastic as that forced on mankind by the Change. The goal would be restore some kind of "rule by law." And that will take TIME.<br /><br />SeanSean M. Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13973738112230622557noreply@blogger.com