THE EDUCATION EDICT

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THE

EDUCATION EDICT

 

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DAS BILDUNGSEDIKT | THE EDUCATION EDICT

Issued by THE PRINCESS OF MINITZ and BARONESS OF SIGRADZ

In the year of our Lord 1975

 

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ÖHNE UND TÖCHTER VON REINMAR,

 

HEED THESE WORDS THAT FLOW FORTH FROM DER HEIDEPALAST, just as we have heeded your words. The way of the Reinmaren is the way of Moot, so we have heard the counsel of you sons and daughters of Reinmar and the burghers of the realm to draft this edict. Let it be known that this is the People’s Court.

 

Education of our young is of vital importance. To fail to pass on the traditions to the next generation is to doom a culture to a slow but certain death.

 

I. FROM WHERE LEARNING TAKES PLACE

 

We Reinmaren have no need of a schoolhouse. Why should our children sit in neat rows with their slate and chalk, presided over by a scowling headmistress, when our forefathers learned of the old ways amongst the forests and rivers?

 

I.I No dedicated schoolhouse shall be constructed within the Principality of Reinmar.

I.II Lessons on history shall be instructed at a relevant monument, building, or statue, depending on the historical subject.

I.III Lessons on runes shall be instructed at a runestone within the Ferdenwald, or within the circle of runestones.

I.IV Religious education shall be received in the Temple of Waldenic Martyrs or elsewhere in the Temple District as necessary.

I.V Practical learning such as hunting, fishing, woodwork, farming, and so forth, shall take place in an appropriate area to that skill.

I.VI Reading, writing, and arithmetic shall be instructed within the home, or the library of the Heidepalast or Temple District.

 

II. FROM WHICH DISCIPLINES WE SHALL LEARN

 

This word curriculum is foreign to us sons and daughters of Reinmar. Der Heidehof may be the Court of the People, but it is not our place to prescribe what must and must not be taught. This is the place of parents and Reinmaren elders. To create a curriculum is to deprive the realm of differing minds and varied opinions. We can, however, provide guidance on the subjects parents may choose to instruct their children in.

 

THE TENETS OF LEARNING

 

II.I History and Legends

II.I.I This shall be the history of the Reinmaren, from the days of Theoderic and Gelimar to the Modern Era.

II.I.II Frankish history shall not be widely taught, but the Frank Mogurix and his descendants are granted permission to pass on Frankish history to those who come to reside in the homestead granted to him by the Princes in Reinmar.

II.II Religion

II.III Farming

II.IV Hunting and Gathering

II.V Riding

II.VI Combat

II.VII Craftsmanship

II.VII.I Cooking and Baking

II.VII.II Woodworking

II.VII.III Horsehair braiding

II.VII.IV Smithing
II.VII.V Tailoring

II.VIII Literacy and Numeracy

II.VIV Healing

II.VIV.I Lessons on healing and medicine are permitted only by those who are physicians of St. Johann.

II.X Social Norms

 

THE PHYSICIANS OF ST. JOHANN

 

II.XI In the interests of the health and healing knowledge of the realm, the Physicians of St. Johann are bid to revive themselves under the leadership of Head Physician Father Gregor, or whichever physician he chooses to succeed him.

 

III. FROM WHOSE LIPS KNOWLEDGE FLOWS

 

III.I Children must be instructed by someone who has been blooded as a son or daughter of Reinmar. Let none instruct our children in the ways of the Outlander.

III.II Religious schooling must be conducted by a man or woman of the cloth.

III.III Parents have the foremost duty of educating their children, followed secondarily by Reinmaren elders. Let no man or woman shirk this duty.

III.IV This Edict hereby changes the position of Governess in the Heather Court to the position of Loremaster.

III.IV.I Beneath the office of the Loremaster shall serve the Runekeeper, tasked with upholding the ancient tradition of reading and carving Reinmaren runes.

III.IV.II Beneath the office of the Loremaster shall serve the Runesinger, tasked with upholding the ancient tradition of storytelling and skaldic performance.

III.V Formal educators are to don the garments of the loremaster, marked by a bronze brooch carved with the image of a runestone circle.

 

IV. WARDSHIP BENEATH THE HEATHER COURT

 

IV.I The Heather Court shall take on wards who have not yet reached their fourteenth nameday.

IV.I.I Some exceptions may be made, particularly for those who are not yet blooded but seek to be.

IV.II Children of the Princely Family may ward under each of the offices on rotation.

IV.II.I Non-Princely children may only ward under one office.

IV.III Each of the offices of the Heather Court shall have a limit of one ward.

IV.III.I This number excludes those wards of the Princely Family who are on rotation.

 

 

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WER RASTET, DER ROSTET

HER ROYAL HIGHNESS, ADALFRIEDE of HEXENWALD, Princess of Minitz

 

 

HER LADYSHIP, FREDERICA, Baroness of Sigradz, Seneschal of the Heather Court