[Report:] Heraldry in the Medieval City: The Case of Italy in the European Context, Rome 5-7 May 2015

Group photo of participants of the workshop 'Heraldry in the medieval city' On 5-7 May the École française de Rome was home to the fifth workshop in the conference series Journées Héraldiques. This time the conference was dedicated to the topic of ‘Heraldry in the Medieval City’. The event was opened by the organizers LAURENT HABLOT and TORSTEN HILTMANN, who introduced the key points of this workshop. Heraldry is often exclusively perceived as part of an aristocratic culture. Traditionally, c..