Heraldry: Its Origins and Meanings by Michel Pastoureau
Heraldry: Its Origins and Meanings

Michel Pastoureau

Heraldry: Its Origins and Meanings

Michel Pastoureau with Francisca Garvie (Translator)

144 pages first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction art history adventurous informative medium-paced
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Heraldry is a living survival of the great medieval world of European chivalry. First introduced as a means of identification in battle and in tournaments, it gradually spread to society as a whole. Today the knights-in-armour and many of the fami...

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