Saints, Images, Heraldry, Family Trees
Robert Bartlett
This chapter looks at cultural expressions of dynastic consciousness. Some dynasties associated themselves with a particular saint, on occasion one drawn from their own family, as in the case Wenceslas and rulers Bohemia or St Louis Capetians, such family connections were publicly celebrated images writing. Murals statues forebears conveyed message continuity, examples can be found Carolingian period down to late Middle Ages, notable cases being forty-one kings France royal palace Paris nineteen counts Barcelona Aragon place Barcelona. The development heraldry twelfth century presented new, public visual, way expressing identity, families adopted them early. By end elaborate coats-of-arms genealogical information. Simultaneously, graphic trees devised developed, sophisticated illustration layout. In medieval England they often took form long parchment rolls, ideal for descent through time. Bernard Gui’s Tree Lineage Kings French is analysed detail.
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