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OverviewIt is difficult to envision the Middle Ages without heraldry; knights and ladies are routinely depicted with elaborate arms gracing their shields and clothing. The herald himself is also pervasive in the popular imagination, as he announces the arrival of some grandee. Edited here for the first time are some of the texts which detail the relationship between heraldic design and working heralds. That relationship changed dramatically over the fifteenth century as heralds claimed the right to design, interpret and grant arms according to an elaborate interpretive system. These texts, the work of clerics, heralds and even a future pope, describe the rules of heraldic design and the meaning of colours and charges. They also focus on the role of the herald himself, whether he is serving as a political or personal confidant, or organizing a trial by combat. Finally, they outline an imagined history of the office of arms, claiming that the herald’s authority could be traced to Julius Caesar, the Trojan hero Hector, or even the god Dionysus. These texts, little known in contemporary scholarship, provide valuable insight into the intellectual and visual culture of fifteenth-century chivalric society. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Richard J. Moll (Department of English and Writing Studies, The University of Western Ontario (Canada))Publisher: Liverpool University Press Imprint: Liverpool University Press ISBN: 9781781382486ISBN 10: 1781382484 Pages: 312 Publication Date: 27 February 2018 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Language: English, Middle (1100-1500) Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of figures List of abbreviations 1. General Introduction 2. Johannes de Bado Aureo’s Tractatus de armis Introduction b) Text 3. Eneas Silvio Piccolomini’s Eneas de heraldis a) Introduction b) Text 4. Dionisius, furst institutore a) Introduction b) Text 5. Adam Loutfut’s manuscript a) Loutfut Introduction Þe lawe of armes within listis b) Introduction c) Text The Persewant d) Introduction e) Text The Origynall Determynyng of Blasonyng of Armes f) Introduction g) Text Works Cited Glossary IndexReviews'Moll has done an admirable job in establishing the sources and relationships among the complex texts he has edited in this volume, and the English texts themselves. The editions themselves all appear to be models of their kind, meticulously reconstructed and clearly presented, and will surely be of considerable use to heraldists and heraldic historians--whose interests in such matters have increased significantly in recent years--as well as to students of Middle English language and literature.' D'Arcy Jonathan Dacre Boulton, The Medieval Review `Moll has done an admirable job in establishing the sources and relationships among the complex texts he has edited in this volume, and the English texts themselves. The editions themselves all appear to be models of their kind, meticulously reconstructed and clearly presented, and will surely be of considerable use to heraldists and heraldic historians--whose interests in such matters have increased significantly in recent years--as well as to students of Middle English language and literature.' D'Arcy Jonathan Dacre Boulton, The Medieval Review Author InformationRichard J. Moll is Professor of English at the University of Western Ontario. His previous publications include an edition of William Caxton’s The Booke of Ovyde Named Methamorphose (Bodleian Library, 2013) and Before Malory: Reading Arthur in Later Medieval England (University of Toronto Press, 2003). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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