Burghers and Heraldry: On the Usage of Heraldic Signs by Burghers in Early Modern Hungarian Kingdom
Burghers and Heraldry: On the Usage of Heraldic Signs by Burghers in Early Modern Hungarian Kingdom
Author(s): Frederik FedermayerSubject(s): History, Modern Age, 16th Century, 17th Century, 18th Century
Published by: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Keywords: Heraldry; Sigillography; Burghers; Hungarian Kingdom; Arms/Coat of Arms;
Summary/Abstract: The study presents the state of research into burgher heraldry in Slovakia. It notes the perspectives and possibilities of further research, as well as the importance of the sigillographic study of burgher seals. On the basis of its findings, it demonstrates discoveries on the uses of coats of arms, or more precisely, personal heraldic marks, by burghers in early modern towns of the Hungarian Kingdom (and includes, for instance, the issues of heritability of burgher marks and the ennoblement of burghers from a heraldic point of view).
Journal: The City and History (Mesto a dejiny until 2019)
- Issue Year: 10/2021
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 48-74
- Page Count: 27
- Language: English