The Herald in Late Medieval Europe

xvi, 206pp, plus numerous colour plate illustrations. In red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original dust jacket (very slightly rubbed on upper edge). The officers of arms - kings of arms, heralds and pursuivants - are often overlooked by scholars of late medieval elite society. This collection of essays remedies that neglect with contributions covering a range of European regions, including France, Florence, the German Empire, Scotland and England) and discussing the diverse roles and experiences of heralds in the late middle ages. 8vo.