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How to Live in the Middle Ages

If you're getting ready to travel back in time to the Middle Ages, or if you're just interested in how life was lived then, here are some helpful instructions for conducting some medieval tasks.

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Heraldry

 

Per pale gules and azure, upon a bend sinister or three pellets.

Ever come across a description of a crest and wonder what it could possibly mean? Heraldic language may seem impenetrable, but once you know the basics, you too can describe or " blazon" a crest, badge or shield. Just have a look at these instructions in the following order:

  1. How to Understand Field Partitions
  2. How to Identify Heraldic Tinctures
  3. How to Describe Common Charges
  4. How to Blazon a Shield

 

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