your profession in the middle ages

Terry: Without checking the web page, I can tell you, I had to be a FEMALE KNIGHT! Love those rules of Chivalry, courtly love, et al. And a Knight during the Crusades (preferably the Third) would have suited me just fine!!

Nope, I think you were a "wizard" or the medieval equivalent of a psychic. I guess you may have to go and try it out!

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Carlos -- can we upgrade you to a serf?

At least you made it all the way through, it errored for me on the 6th set of questions. But I'll give it another go. It's a pretty fun site.

Johanna from this Board found another very cool medieval site. It's at: http://www.wizard.net/~bharbin/serfboard/index.htm Looks like there's a bunch of folke there who love the M.A. Terry - speaking of which, do you have any suggestions about how we can attract more traffic to this Board? I've linked it to Yahoo & SUBMIT IT. Or should we shut this one down for now & concentrate on the Brontes, which has been very popular? Thanks, amy

You need to list individual topic urls to submit it, that is, the rad only topic urls so folks can get to them. That will generate a lot more traffice. Also, get related sites to start linking to us. You can find these sites with keyword searches. Ted and I can set you up with 'groupmail' to get a mailing list going of current users.

Terry -- that groupmail list would be helpful. I'll try to make the rounds & link us to other sites. There have GOT to be M.A. fans out there!!

I'll get you set up, perhaps we could get a volunteer committee going of folks to surf around the web and send emails to request links from related websites. We are only limited by what we can imagine.

That's true, Terry. If somebody could help me in requesting links to related sites, that would be great!

That WAS fun! I just took the test at the kingdomality site. It seems that I would have been a Dreamer-Minstrel in the Middle-Ages. Wow! Being an optimist has always been my nature. A romantic, sentimentalist, visionary and entertainer, traveling around singing and reciting poetry? Sounds perfect for me! To bad Dreamer isn't considered an occupation in the present time. I already do that all the time. I wonder if I can add that to my resume. ;-)

Why not, Suzanne? Have you read any good books about the M.A. lately? I've been a little out of the medieval loop...

No, not lately, Amy. And I'm reading "The Moon And Sixpence" and "Return Of The Native" at the moment. So it may be awhile...

I love Maugham! Hope you enjoy MOON AND SIXPENCE... I've never read any Hardy though.

Mine said Benevolent Ruler. Oh, bother... WER

Discoverer! Yes, I'd sail beyond the utmost realms of human thought...well, I do go to exotic locations to scuba dive. But I'd always figured I'd be monk, spending years and years on an illuminated manuscript. Or a Minstrel. Better yet, a dragon.

Well, according to the test, I'm also a "discoverer." That would explain my fascination with Richard Burton. I've always seen myself as more of a swashbucker than anything else. Give me a good horse, some good wine and a good sword, and I'm happy. Of course, I'm also a public menace at that point, so how 'bout you just give me the wine and we'll leave it at that?

will do...

Your distinct personality, The Prime Minister might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. You are a strategist who pursues the most efficient and logical path toward the realization of the goal that you perceive or visualize. You will often only associate with those people who can assist you in the implementation of your plan. Inept assistants may be immediately discarded as excess baggage. To do otherwise could be seen as inefficient and illogical. On the positive side, you can be rationally idealistic and analytically ideological. You can be a bold decision maker and risk taker who can move society ahead by years instead of minutes. On the negative side, you may be unmerciful, impatient, arrogant, impetuous and impulsive. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms. Hehe .. suits me rather well I think.

White Knight here. Very noble, don't you think?

I do, I do...

benevolant ruler, go figure..

does that make you my... queen?

*gasp* that or we're in different kingdoms. let's not have a war, ok?

aw, shucks...now how am I gonna justify my defense spending?

Y our distinct personality, The Benevolent Ruler might be found in most of the thriving kingdoms of the time. You are the idealistic social dreamer. Your overriding goal is to solve the people problems of your world. You are a social reformer who wants everyone to be happy in a world that you can visualize. You are exceptionally perceptive about the woes and needs of humankind. You often have the understanding and skill to readily conceive and implement the solutions to your perceptions. On the positive side, you are creatively persuasive, charismatic and ideologically concerned. On the negative side, you may be unrealistically sentimental, scattered and impulsive, as well as deviously manipulative. Interestingly, your preference is just as applicable in today's corporate kingdoms. (oh well)

so, it's we three kings? (or would ya'll be more comfortable if I got a new wardrobe and made it we three queens?)

'unrealistically sentimental... scattered??? impulsive??? deviously manipulative??? who wrote this bunk??? (and how does s/he know so much about me?)

me too (benevolent ruler, i mean)

oooh...now we can be the four rulers of the apocolypse!

lol bring it on, bubba ("what rough beast, it's hour come at last, slouches towards bethlehem to be born?") i'm ready for the bastards, personally...

course, i suppose i unwittingly confirmed what the poem presaged in a previous verse: "... the best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity"... (ouch)

'ouch' is right!

you gotta be kidding, all four of us benevolent rulers? now that is frightening!

actually it seems a bit curious with all the variety in our present day professions