The herald in late medieval Europe / edited by Katie Stevenson
2009, First Edition. Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #348664
ISBN: 9781843834823
Physical description; xi, 206 pages : illustrations (some color). Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; 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. Subjects; Heraldry Europe History To 1500. Reference Genealogy. History Medieval. Heraldry. Europe History (476-1492). Genres; Bibliography. History. Illustrated.
Price: €85.00