My Mom, who grew up on the east side, would take the street car and go past that area. Those people were looked down on and the kids, in school, were shunned.
Sounds like SH all the way....I don't think we're supposed to name who was below the king and court, but rather consider the way the residents of Swede Hollow survived....even though the rest of the city was into the modern age of the time, they lived as though they were in the feudal times.
Unless you want to go back to Mounds....I suppose one could think of "Earl"....but I don't think that's what they're going for.
19th century engraving of Will Somers, Henry VIII's jester.
All royal courts in those days employed entertainers and most had professional fools. Entertainment included music, juggling, clowning, and the telling of riddles. Henry VIII of England employed a jester named Will Somers.
Feudal is a Midevil fee (I.E.: Tax). It is well-known in SH that the residents there were not taxed. Boxmeyer and other history sites about SH state this.
The center of the feudal system in medieval Europe was the king, and a medieval king was, above everything else, a warrior. From the 9th to the 14th centuries—the heyday of feudalism—the most important element in making war was the armored and mounted knight. To maintain a retinue of knights was, however, very expensive. In return for providing the king with warriors, tenants-in-chief were granted large holdings of land. A grant of land was known as a feud or a fief, hence the term feudalism. The tenants-in-chief (commonly called barons in England) received their lands directly from the king and, in turn, leased parts of their estates to the knights, who in their turn gave leases to yeomen. This idealized description was subject to many variations.
Great minds Terry...I was just looking at the map of the Cherokee area.....there was the water st and CurtICE....haven't been pointed much in that direction otherwise though.
Okay, we were at the PP building tonight. My boyfriend won a "gift bag". What a joke! A nice long-sleeve mock turtleneck with a colorful snowflake on it. But, a silver plate commemorating the 1985 carnival. WTF? Sorry, but neither of us want it or even know what we'd do with it! Ah well, I guess it's the thought that counts, right?
Now, about tonight's clue...Medieval times? What park has to do with a king and his court? This is has me convinced it's not in my park or Swede Hollow. FRUSTRATION!!!
It seems to be a pattern for sure. Make everyone believe it's hidden at one park, only to have it end up somewhere else. I'm tired of that game though. Why even look until the later clues if that's the case?
Still sounds like SH - at least on the surface.
Neith king and court--as in the rich people lived up on high ground?
Poodle--now it's a park and people walk dogs there?
interesting with the "jokers" though
Unless you want to go back to Mounds....I suppose one could think of "Earl"....but I don't think that's what they're going for.
I can't help but wonder if its a red herring. We've been so fooled in the past few years.
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19th century engraving of Will Somers, Henry VIII's jester.
All royal courts in those days employed entertainers and most had professional fools. Entertainment included music, juggling, clowning, and the telling of riddles. Henry VIII of England employed a jester named Will Somers.
Main Entry: feu·dal
Pronunciation: \ˈfyü-dəl\
Function: adjective
Date: 1602
1 : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a medieval fee
2 : of, relating to, or suggestive of feudalism <feudal law>
— feu·dal·ly \-dəl-ē\ adverb
I realized tonight the thing has about had it.
:crying:
I wonder how that will be explained.
The center of the feudal system in medieval Europe was the king, and a medieval king was, above everything else, a warrior. From the 9th to the 14th centuries—the heyday of feudalism—the most important element in making war was the armored and mounted knight. To maintain a retinue of knights was, however, very expensive. In return for providing the king with warriors, tenants-in-chief were granted large holdings of land. A grant of land was known as a feud or a fief, hence the term feudalism. The tenants-in-chief (commonly called barons in England) received their lands directly from the king and, in turn, leased parts of their estates to the knights, who in their turn gave leases to yeomen. This idealized description was subject to many variations.
three letters left over - I O N
coincidence?
Chippewa came up as a thought a couple nights ago.
Chippewa runs along side of Cherokee.
Could it be?
Now, about tonight's clue...Medieval times? What park has to do with a king and his court? This is has me convinced it's not in my park or Swede Hollow. FRUSTRATION!!!
Living beneath the king would be the peasants/paupers.
Now the area is cleaned up, and so someone now walking their dog through the park would be the change.
There certainly is history.