Katie Stevenson, "The Herald in Late Medieval Europe"
Katie Stevenson, "The Herald in Late Medieval Europe"
Publisher: Boydell | 2009 | ISBN: 1843834820 | English | PDF | 224 pages | 6.9 Mb
Publisher: Boydell | 2009 | ISBN: 1843834820 | English | PDF | 224 pages | 6.9 Mb
The officers of arms (kings of arms, heralds and pursuivants) have often been overlooked by scholars of late medieval elite society. Yet as officers of the crown, ducal courts or noble families, they played important parts in a number of areas. They were crucial to foreign and domestic relations, and chivalric culture; and, of course, they were to become the powerbrokers of heraldic symbols and genealogy. However, despite the high levels at which they operated, their roles in these areas remain largely unexplored, with scholarship tending to focus on the science of heraldry rather than the heralds themselves. This collection aims to remedy that neglect. The contributions cover a range of European regions (particularly Florence, Scandinavia, Poland, the German Empire, the Burgundian Low Countries, Brittany, Scotland and England) and discuss the diverse roles and experiences of heralds in the late Middle Ages.
Stevenson and her collaborators have opened new vistas for the historian of the heralds, pointing the way forward to an internationally focused approach to the significance of the part which heralds played in noble society and in the courtly politics of the late medieval age, and one which promises to enlarge our perception of its aristocratic culture. –English Historical Review
A very satisfactory and interesting collection that contains a vast amount of information, in its text as well as its footnotes. –The Ricardian
A very satisfactory and interesting collection that contains a vast amount of information, in its text as well as its footnotes. –The Ricardian
Contributors include: JACKSON W. ARMSTRONG, ADRIAN AILES, KATIE STEVENSON, MICHAEL JONES, FRANCK VITART, HENRI SIMMONEAU, WIM VAN ANROOIJ, BOGDAN WOJCIECH BRZUSTOWICZ, ALEXIA GROSJEAN, LAURA CIRRI
Katie Stevenson, "The Herald in Late Medieval Europe"
