Calypso: a Thaelia's World original short story

10th day of the Bear Moon, 1194

 

Edward sat in the great hall with Sir Bryan of Foxwarre and Sir Gaston of Zulchai. Edward was the cousin of the late Earl Braeden du Faucione. Braeden’s ten year old son, Phillip was now Earl but due to his age, the lands were administered by Braeden’s half-brother Sir Kevin. After years of acting as Marshal for the Faucione family, Edward was granted lands as a reward and added to his property by purchasing surrounding acreage. Thanks to a little nudge from Queen Gaelynn, the former wife of Braeden, the romance between Edward and Sophie flourished. That Sophie was Gaelynn’s First Lady-in-Waiting and dear friend probably helped. The two women kept in touch with weekly letters. Gaelynn was influential with sending knights looking for service to Edward.

Words of wisdom to live by from a chivalrous man

I was going through one of my reference books and saw these words. I think they are relevant to Public safety in general and law enforcement in particular. They were written in the Fourteenth Century French knight called Geoffroi de Charny. Geoffroi was a very interesting man. He served in the Hundred Years war, dying at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356, carrying the banner (the Oriflamme) of the French King Philippe VI. He had, at one time, been captured by Edward III and held in London. Charny was an advocate of chivalry and big in the tourney circuits. In fact, the passages below were taken from his work, “The Book of Chivalry". His family owned the Shroud of Turin for a while.

One of his passions was passing on his knowledge.  He wrote three books, taking information from another famous knight, Raymond Lull. His words below are from his book on Chivalry.