LIFE AT THE COLLEGE OF ARMS SIXTY SIX YEARS AGO
Rosemary Kennedy will talk about her life at the College of Arms in the late 1950s and the Officers of Arms that she know at that time.
Find Out MoreRosemary Kennedy will talk about her life at the College of Arms in the late 1950s and the Officers of Arms that she know at that time.
Find Out MoreLecture by Ann Ballard,
Find Out MoreAdrian Ailes
Find Out MoreThe welcome return of our Autumn Dinner in London.
Find Out MoreLecture by Roy Osborne.
Find Out MoreHeraldry of Formation Badges of the South East Asia Command and its successors in India
Lecture by Neel Mishra
In the past, heraldists competed to find the earliest seals that appeared to have heraldic designs on them, and they found isolated examples scattered over a wide area of Western Europe and dating from the second quarter of the twelfth century. However, a more fruitful approach to the start of heraldry and its family symbolism has been an investigation into individual medieval families to see when they changed from using non-heraldic seals to using seals with heraldry.
Peter G. R. Howarth
Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds
Lecture by John Whitehead
Find Out MoreBringing a painted shield or a brightly-decorated coat onto the medieval battlefield was not just about vanity - it was a matter of life and death. Heraldry was a statement of identity, of courage in the face of danger but it also made you a target, a focus for your enemies' hatred and greed. For this reason, some combatants chose to take the field without their heraldic arms but this was not without risk either.
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