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Acquisition of skills for dealing with historic sources and studies critically, as well as the competence to present the newly-gained knowledge verbally and/or in writing; Acquisition of the competence to apply methods of auxiliary sciences.

Heraldry is the study of coats of arms and their use. The design of coats of arms, the way they are used and, where applicable, the legal regulations differ according to space, time, social milieu and, in some cases, indi-vidual institutions. The course offers an introduction to the historical development of the heraldic pheno-menon, to the art of heraldry and to heraldic law, with a special focus on the Old Tyrolean region.

Frontal lecture and source analysis

oral exam

Franz GALL, Österreichische Wappenkunde. Handbuch der Wappenwissenschaft, 2. Auflage, Wien-Köln-Weimar 1992.

Franz-Heinz von HYE, Wappen in Tirol. Zeugen der Geschichte. Handbuch der Tiroler Heraldik (Schlern-Schriften 321), Innsbruck 2004.

Franz-Heinz von HYE, Tirol und die Adlerwappen seiner Länder. Tirol, Südtirol, Brixen, Trient, Bozen 2009.

Franz-Heinz von HYE, Die Wappen des alten Tiroler Adels bis zum Übergang Tirols an Bayern 1805/06 (Schlern-Schriften 353), Innsbruck 2010.

Walter LANDI, D’azzurro, rosso e argento. Il linguaggio dell’araldica e lo stipo dei Wolkenstein, Trento 2021.

Before attending this course it is recommended to complete the VO Basic Knowledge from the Middle Ages