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The social use and changing character of armorial display in the early modern period

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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. Heraldic Hierarchies aims to correct former misconceptions. Contributing authors rethink the influence of shifting notions of nobility on armorial display and expand this topic to heraldry’s share in shaping and contesting status. Moreover, addressing a common thread, the volume explores how emerging states turned the heraldic experience into an instrument of power and policy. Contributing to debates on social and noble identity, Heraldic Hierarchies uncovers a vital and surprising aspect of the pre-modern hierarchical world.

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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. Heraldic Hierarchies aims to correct former misconceptions. Contributing authors rethink the influence of shifting notions of nobility on armorial display and expand this topic to heraldry’s share in shaping and contesting status. Moreover, addressing a common thread, the volume explores how emerging states turned the heraldic experience into an instrument of power and policy. Contributing to debates on social and noble identity, Heraldic Hierarchies uncovers a vital and surprising aspect of the pre-modern hierarchical world.

Biografie

Luc Duerloo is professor at the Department of History of the University of Antwerp, where he teaches early modern political and institutional history. Steven Thiry, PhD, is a voluntary member of ‘Power in History: Centre for Political History’ of the University of Antwerp.

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Introduction: Identity, Status and State Intervention in Early Modern Heraldry Steven Thiry and Luc Duerloo PART 1 — HERALDRY AND NOBLE IDENTITY ‘Degrees of Nobles’: The Aristocratisation of Europe’s Second Estate, c.1300-1700 Hamish Scott The ‘Pennon’: Heraldic Witness to Aristocratic Identities in Early Modern France Clément Savary Heraldry as a Nobiliary Sign: What Treatises of Nobility Bring to a Historiographical Debate Camille Pollet Political Disruptions and Mamluk Emblematic Evolutions in the Fifteenth Century Simon Rousselot PART 2 — HERALDRY AND THE POLITICS OF STATUS To Stand Out by Blazon: Heraldry, Hierarchy and Social Competition during the Early Modern Period Nicolas Vernot ‘Que en esa forma me lo haga vuestra merced’: The Clients of the King of Arms Diego de Urbina and the Heraldic Forgeries in his Certifications of Arms (1584-1623) José Manuel Valle Porras L’autorité des hérauts d’armes en question à Lille au début du XVIIe siècle : La Remonstrance burlesque au Roy d’armes pour la noblesse lilloise et son contexte Dominique Delgrange PART 3 — HERALDRY AND STATE INTERVENTION The Forge of Honour: Interpreting Early Modern Policies on Heraldry Steven Thiry Emblematic Iconoclasm: The Case of Charles of Bourbon in 1527 Antoine Robin Lord Burghley and Displays of Collective Heraldry in Elizabethan England Richard Cust American Independence and the Privatisation of Heraldry, 1775-1800 Joseph McMillan Bibliography Notes on Contributors

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