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History of Heralds

Tagged: Spain

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Contributions / Posts / Workshop 2014

L’office d’armes au XVIe siècle: un métier en mutation (Pierre Couhault)

Alors que les études sur l’office d’armes se sont surtout concentrées sur le moyen-âge, nous nous proposons de présenter les importantes mutations qu’a connues ce métier au cours du XVIe siècle, notamment dans les Flandres et en Espagne. Le croisement des sources comptables, des règlements et des mémoires des hérauts sur leur office...

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Contributions / Posts / Workshop 2014

Law Enforcement or Living Heraldry? Assessing the Armorial Function(s) of Heralds in the Long Seventeenth Century (Spanish Monarchy and Archducal Netherlands) (Steven Thiry)

My main interest centres on the political use and appropriation of heraldic symbolism. Although the link between heralds and the armorial field is highly problematic for the middle ages, it is my conviction that the shape shifting figure of the early modern herald can be approached through broader contemporary attitudes about the visual...