27/02/2014 · Love of History | A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding a Coat of Arms Dr. Constantina Katsari is a comparative historian that specialises on ancient and modern history. She looks at current events with a critical eye and brings forward direct comparisons with similar historical events.

13/02/2014 · A beginner’s guide to understanding a coat of arms [infographic] Posted bystaff/ February 13, 2014 Coat of Armsinfographic. If you’ve done some snooping in your ancestry, you might have been lucky enough to come across a coat of arms reckoning back to your family’s chivalrous past, but what kind of meaning is hiding in those ancient symbols of ...

When heraldry began, knights and their families spoke Norman French. Expert 'heralds' still use this language to describe coats of arms. You don't have to know this 'code' for your shield, but it's a very precise way of describing coats of arms, and it can be fun. In this guide the heraldic names for things are written in italics, like this.

A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding a Coat of Arms. Since we are still using these obsolete things, we thought we could as well know what they mean. Share. Related posts: The Coolest Text Emoticons for You to Copy & Paste ¯\_(ツ)_/ ...

Brief history of coat of arms During the Middle Ages, knights and noblemen used a padded linen, covered by metal, called a "surcoat" to protect themselves from the heat. The "charges" of armorial devices were embodied on these surcoats (with very colorful crests, shields any symbols), which is where the term "coat of arms" comes from.