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==History== | ==History== | ||
Armored combat has always been one of the central activities of the [[Society for Creative Anachronism]]. The [[King]] and [[Queen]] of each kingdom and [[Prince]] and [[Princess]] of each [[Principality]] are chosen in a [[Crown Tournament]] or [[Coronet Tournament]], using armored combat. The vast majority of [https://aethelmearc.org/calendar-2/full-listing/ Events] include an armored combat tournament of some kind. | Armored combat has always been one of the central activities of the [[Society for Creative Anachronism]]. The [[King]] and [[Queen]] of each kingdom and [[Prince]] and [[Princess]] of each [[Principality]] are chosen in a [[Crown Tournament]] or [[Coronet Tournament]], using armored combat. The activity has always had a glamorous and central place in the [[SCA]]. The [[Peerage]] associated with armored combat, The Order of the Chivalry, is popularly conceived to have just a little more prestige than the other peerages, for example. The vast majority of [https://aethelmearc.org/calendar-2/full-listing/ Events] include an armored combat tournament of some kind. | ||
Until the adoption of [[Rapier combat]] in the mid 1990s, armored combat was almost universally referred to as "fighting", and the participants as "fighters". It has often been previously called, "heavy weapons combat", but now "armored combat" is the preferred term. | Until the adoption of [[Rapier combat]] in the mid 1990s, armored combat was almost universally referred to as "fighting", and the participants as "fighters". It has often been previously called, "heavy weapons combat", but now "armored combat" is the preferred term. |