Coat of Arms and Heraldry

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Coat of Arms and Heraldry

• By Alexis Weisbrod

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What They Mean

• The Coat of Arms and Heraldry were the way of
  identifying knights during battles and
  tournaments by placing symbolisms and colors on
  the shields.

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Heraldry

• Heraldry uses colors and
  symbolisms to identify the knights.
• Symbols ranged from easy geometric shapes,
  elaborate drawings real and mythological animals.

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Heraldry

• They would use Heraldry in the early 13th
  century.
• Each knight would have his own colors and
  symbols.

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Coat of Arms

• In the early Middle Ages they thought it was hard
  to tell who was fighting whom.
• The knights of the 12th century solved this
  problem by creating special designs called the
  Coat of Arms.