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-====== Order of the Chivalry ======
-The Order of the Chivalry is a Society wide Award that is recognized in every Kingdom in the [[scaism:Knowne World]] and conveys to the member a Patent of Arms, no matter which [[activities:service:offices:Crown]] of which Kingdom bestowed the Award. Each Crown may chose to elevate Subjects of Their Kingdom to the Order, but the Crown must ensure the Subject meets the criteria as described in [[scaism:Corpora]] for Peerage Awards, and The Crown has consulted with the current members of the Order in Their Kingdom.
-The Order of the Chivalry is bestowed on those people who are “considered the equal of his or her prospective peers with the basic weapons of tournament combat." (Corpora, Article VIII.A.4.a)
-The Order of the Chivalry, sometimes simply called “The Chivalry” (or, more informally, “The Chiv”) is divided into two branches: The first (and largest) comprised of Knights, who are required to swear fealty to the [[activities:service:offices:Crown]], and Masters-of-Arms, who are not required to do so. Knights wear an unadorned white belt and gold chain; Masters-of-Arms wear a white baldric. Despite the differing requirement of fealty of the two branches of the Order, they are equal in rank on the Order of Precedence.
-The office of Master-of-Arms was established in the SCA as a response to real-world religious restrictions on the swearing of oaths; orthodox Jews, Mennonites, and certain Mormon sects are restricted from swearing any sort of fealty, for example. In addition, are are any number of personal (or at least persona-related) reasons why an individual might not wish to do so. In any case, when a candidate for the Order of the Chivalry is put “on vigil”, they are permitted to choose which title they prefer with no questions asked.
-Technically the Crown has sole discretion and authority over choosing those who will be elevated to the Order of the Chivalry; in practice, however, the Crown relies heavily on the Order's recommendations for elevation.
-The actual “Knighting” ceremony is one of the few honours in the SCA that is not entirely bestowed by the Crown; if the sitting monarchs are not themselves members of the Order of the Chivalry, a member of the Order is required to participate in the actual Knighting as Corpora states that “only a knight can make a knight.” All members of the Order of the Chivalry, therefore, are in direct lineage to the first Knight in the SCA, one Sir Siegfried von Hoflichskei who was a mundane knight and one of the original attendees at the 1966 May Day Party which became the start of the SCA.
-The Order of the Chivalry is one of the four SCA Peerages, along with the [[Order of the Laurel]], the [[Order of the Pelican]], and the [[Order of Defense]].
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