{"id":1910,"date":"2022-09-12T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T15:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/?p=1910"},"modified":"2022-09-27T12:24:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T12:24:20","slug":"kinship-coat-of-arms-topic-1-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/lowres\/critex-monika\/2022\/09\/12\/kinship-coat-of-arms-topic-1-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Kinship: Coat of Arms – Topic 1 Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research Questions:<\/span><\/p>\n

1.What is \u201cCoat of Arms\u201d?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Coat of arms, the principal part of a system of hereditary symbols dating back to early medieval <\/span>Europe, is used primarily to establish identity in battle. Arms evolved to denote family descent, adoption, alliance, property ownership, and, eventually, profession.<\/span><\/p>\n

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2.Origin and Evolution<\/span><\/p>\n

The term coat of arms itself in origin refers to the surcoat <\/span>with heraldic designs worn by combatants, especially in the <\/span>knightly tournament<\/span>, in Old French cote a armer. The sense is transferred to the heraldic design itself in Middle English, in the mid-14th century.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the 17th to 19th centuries, the period known to armorists as \u201cthe Decadence,\u201d arms were embellished to record personal or family history, often in ways that ignored the traditions of heraldry\u2019s origins. Arms were designed for organizations far removed from war\u2014schools, universities, guilds, churches, fraternal societies, and even modern corporations\u2014to symbolize the meanings of their mottoes or to hint at their histories. During the 20th century, however, there was a return to the classical simplicity of the early heraldic art, exemplified in the medieval rolls that were compiled when arms were slowly being organized into a <\/span>disciplined<\/span> system.<\/span><\/p>\n

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3.Code of Arms in Different Regions (need to do deep-dive work)<\/span><\/p>\n