PUBLICATION – Heraldic hierarchies. Identity, Status and State Intervention in Early Modern Heraldry

S. Thiry & L. Duerloo (eds.) Heraldic hierarchies. Identity, status and state intervention in Early Modern heraldry, Leuven University Press, 2021 (274p). ISBN: 9789462702431 The social use and changing character of armorial display in the early modern period. 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 f..