The Oxford Guide to Heraldry
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: December 6, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780192802262
First sentence: hERALDRY, defined as the systematic hereditary use of an arrangement of charges or devices on a shield, emerged at about the same moment in the mid-twelfth century over a wide area of Europe.