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Books > History > History of specific subjects > Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours > General
Illustrated guide to Scottish medieval heraldry, the first to link
heraldry to major events in Scottish history and to the families
that took part in them. Winner of the Saltire Society's 2007
History Book Award Scottish heraldry can be said to begin in the
mid-twelfth century, when material of Scottish interest first
appears in a number of English and Continental rolls-of-arms, and
as the years passed it developed an increasing complexity and
sophistication, establishing itself as a subject in its own right
in the seventeenth century with the appearance of the Lyon
register. This volume is the first to link heraldry to major events
in Scottish history and to the families that took part in them. It
uses a wide range of sources to chart its growth, some of which
have been rarely explored previously, thus bringing much new
material into the corpus of Scottish heraldry. It also covers the
major families and clans - Stewarts, Douglas, Murrays, Hamiltons,
Gordons and MacDonalds - and examines a host of other issues, both
technical and historical. Throughout it is richly illustrated with
some two hundred chart pedigrees and fully-coloured coats-of-arms.
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