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The herald in late medieval Europe /

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, an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Stevenson, Katie (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, [2009]
Colección:JSTOR EBA.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction / Katie Stevenson
  • 2. The development of the Office of Arms in England, c. 1413-1485 / Jackson Webster Armstrong
  • 3. Ancient precedent or Tudor fiction? Garter King of Arms and the Pronouncements of Thomas, Duke of Clarence / Adrian Ailes
  • 4. Jurisdiction, authority and professionalisation: The Officers of Arms of Late Medieval Scotland / Katie Stevenson
  • 5. The March of Brittany and its heralds in the Later Middle Ages / Michael Jones
  • 6. City heralds in the Burgundian Low Countries / Franck Andre Viltart and Henri Simonneau
  • 7. King of Arms of the Ruwieren: a secial function in the German Empire / Wim van Anrooij
  • 8. Heraldry, heralds and politics in the Republic of Florence in the Late Middle Ages / Laura Cirri
  • 9. Tournaments, heraldry and heralds in the Kingdom of Poland in the Late Middle Ages / Bogdan Wojciech Brzustowicz and Katie Stevenson
  • 10. Time when 'fools and dwarfs were highly esteemed'? Seeking the Late Medieval Scandinavian herald / Alexia Grosjean.