CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2017
| Author | Tarján, Eszter |
|---|---|
| Title | Fictitious or not? Central and Estern European Royal Coats of Arms in the Early English Rolls of Arms (1272-1307) |
| Summary | General rolls of arms between 1272-1307. The present thesis deals with the early medieval English general rolls of arms’ Central and Eastern European related royal arms. The research focuses on the general rolls of arms compiled in England during the reign of Edward I, with the emphasis on the Central and Easter European royal coats of arms. These decades mean an outstanding period of English heraldry because numerous rolls of arms were compiled during this period. According to my research hypothesis, several of the fictitious armorial bearings, if not all of them, have some prefiguration and these depictions and blazons are not the result of the compilers’ fantasy. I also assume that the appearance of the examined royal coats of arms refers to the given regions’ political and dynastical relationships with England under Edward I. Connected to the hypothesis numerous questions are raised: whether the existence of a royal coat of arms in the rolls of arms means an independent or an autonomous kingdom, or how the changes in Central-Eastern European royal coats of arms were followed in the 13th-14th century’s England. To be able to answer the questions raised, I must use the methodology of comparative interdisciplinary research. I use sphragistics, numismatic and different kinds of art historical sources (carvings and miniatures) to successfully complete the comparative interdisciplinary research of the examined regions’ royal coats of arms. |
| Supervisor | József Laszlovszky, Gerhard Jaritz |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2017/tarjan_eszter.pdf |
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