Военная история / Heraldic Hierarchies: Identity, Status and State Intervention in Early Modern Heraldry

Название: Heraldic Hierarchies: Identity, Status and State Intervention in Early Modern Heraldry
Издательство: Leuven University Press
Год: 2021
Страниц: 275
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 20 МВ

Early modern heraldry was far from a nostalgic remnant from a feudal past. From the Reformation to the French Revolution, aspiring men seized on these signs to position themselves in a changing society, imbuing heraldic tradition with fresh meaning. Whereas post-medieval developments are all too often described in terms of decadence and stifling formality, recent studies rightly stress the dynamic capacity of bearing arms.