Ep 13 ”Oh the banners!”: of sigils and heraldry

2024-09-26

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In this episode, your hosts take you on a journey to medieval and not so medieval Europe to explore the rich world of heraldry to compare it to its Westeros counterpart: sigils. Who gets to have a coat of arms? How to pick your doodle? What are the rules? Are imaginary coat of arms a new thing? We discovered so much we didn't know about, it was an actual delight to learn so much -and hopefully you enjoy learning with us. It's not just pretty images, but it is *also* pretty images. And identity. Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, a...

In this episode, your hosts take you on a journey to medieval and not so medieval Europe to explore the rich world of heraldry to compare it to its Westeros counterpart: sigils.

Who gets to have a coat of arms? How to pick your doodle? What are the rules? Are imaginary coat of arms a new thing?

We discovered so much we didn't know about, it was an actual delight to learn so much -and hopefully you enjoy learning with us. It's not just pretty images, but it is *also* pretty images. And identity.

Tell your friends and even your enemies about this episode, and if you liked what you hear, leave us a firework of stars and rave about us in a review on your podcast app of choice.

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Thank you LittleWolfBird for the sound engineering, and thank you to Matt Graham for the theme music with sounds from zapsplat.com!

Sources:

Virginie:

- Dictionnaire du Moyen Âge : "héraldique", article par Michel Pastoureau

- http://chroniques.bnf.fr/archives/sept2002/numero_courant/manifestations/pastoureau_inter.htm

- Blasonner en latin (xiie-xvie siècle) - Michel Pastoureau https://books.openedition.org/psorbonne/21154?lang=fr

https://journals.openedition.org/extremeorient/110

https://books.openedition.org/pufr/16462?lang=fr