Author: George Harvey JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Heraldry of the Douglases
Author: George Harvey JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Heraldry of Worcestershire
Author: H. Sydney GrazebrookPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368191179
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 425
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.
The Heraldry of Worcestershire; Being a Roll of the Arms Borne by the Several Noble, Knightly, and Gentle Families which Have Had Property Or Residence in that County from the Earliest Period to the Present Time; with Genealogical Notes, Etc
Author: Henry Sydney GrazebrookPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
The Black Douglases
Author: Michael BrownPublisher: Birlinn Ltd
ISBN: 1788854365
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
During the century and a half of their power the Black Douglases earned fame as Scotland's champions in the front line of war against England. On their shields they bore the bloody heart of Robert Bruce, the symbol of their claim to be the physical protectors of the hero-king's legacy. But others saw the power of these lords and earls of Douglas in a different light. To their critics the Douglases were a force for disorder in the kingdom, lawless, arrogant and violent, whose power rested on coercion and whose defiance of kings and guardians ultimately provoked James II into slaying the Douglas earl with his own hand. Michael Brown analyses the rise and fall of this family as the dominant magnates of the south, from the deeds of the Good Sir James Douglas in the service of Bruce to the violent destruction of the Douglas earls in the 1450s. Alongside this study of the accumulation and loss of power by one of the great noble houses, The Black Douglases includes a series of thematic examinations of the nature of aristocratic power. In particular these emphasise the link between warfare and political power in southern Scotland during the fourteenth century. For the Black Douglases, war was not just a patriotic duty but the means to power and fame in Scotland and across Europe.
The Heraldry of Worcestershire
Author: Henry Sydney GrazebrookPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
A System of Heraldry, Speculative and Practical: with the True Art of Blazon ... Illustrated with Suitable Examples of Armorial Figures, and Achievements of the Most Considerable Surnames and Families in Scotland ...
Author: Alexander NisbetEncyclopædia of Heraldry
Author: John BurkePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 1160
Book Description
Scottish Heraldry Made Easy
Author: George Harvey JohnstonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A History of the House of Douglas from the Earliest Times Down to the Legislative Union of England and Scotland
Author: Sir Herbert MaxwellPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Scotland
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
Annual List of New and Important Books Added to the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description