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French Heraldry has had a considerable history of heraldic traditions existing back to the 11th century. After the conquest of England in 1066 it had a great deal of influence on early heraldry in the country. As such, many of the terms in international heraldry come from French. The role of the herald (héraut) in France began to decline during the 17th century. In fact, most heraldic matters in France ended with the Napoleonic Era in 1815. Civic heraldry on the other hand remains a visible part of daily life. French heraldry has a set system of crown and coronets. Supporters are not linked with any rank or title, unlike the coronets, and are far less common than in other forms of European heraldry, such as English heraldry. Even the Royal Arms' angelic supporters are not shown in most depictions. Crests are rare in modern depictions, again in contrast to England. The original heraldic authority of France was the College d'armes which began the supervision of granting armorial bearings in 1407. It was deposed of in 1790, during the French Revolution. Today the law recognizes both assumed and inherited arms, considering them under law to be equivalent to a visual representation of a name, and given the same protections. However, there is no central registry of arms; in case of dispute, the individual who can prove the longest right to the blazon must be decided in court. |
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The books and or websites listed herein are those that cover more than two or more of the several geographical areas included within this heraldic classification. |
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HERALDRY: Special Armorial de France:… collection of genealogies… large number of coats of arms, by d' Agnières - 1877 Historical
Dictionary of French Heraldic Mottoes: With Figures & Names Index, Vol. 1 - Chassant, et.
al., 1878 Recueil d'armoiries des maisons nobles de France, by Henri Gourdon de Genouillac, published 1860, 450 pages Heraldic dictionary: containing an explanation and description of the terms and figures customary in the blazon, records on the orders of chivalry, the marks of offices and dignities, ornaments and the origin of arms, kings arms and tournaments, etc.. with a large number of boards and cabinets of copies families, cities and provinces of France, by Charles Loizeau de Grandmaison, 1852 Armorial bibliophile: with illustrations in the text: Part 1, by Joannis Guigard - 1870 Armorial bibliophile: with illustrations in the text: Part 2, by Joannis Guigard - 1870 Armorial General of France: Volume 1, by Charles d' Hozier, Henry Bouchot - 1875 Armorial General of France: Volume 2, by Charles d' Hozier, Henry Bouchot, 1876 Armorial général records nobility of France, by Louis Pierre d' Hozier, et.al., - 1867 Heraldry universal directory (France), by Institut héraldique universel, 1900 Heraldic Bulletin France: Historical Review of the nobility, Vols. 5-6, by Louis de La Roque, 1892 Heraldic Bulletin France: Historical Review of the nobility, Vol. 13, by Louis de La Roque, 1894 Heraldry of France Bulletin, or, historical review of the nobility, Vol. 9, by Louis de La Roque, 1896 Heraldic Bulletin France, or, Historical Review of the nobility, Volumes 9-10, by Louis de La Roque – 1890 Armorial of Bellenville, Library of France, Dept. off Manuscripts, French 5230, 1401-1500 Historical and heraldic dictionary of the French nobility, Volume 1, by Dayre de Mailhol - 1895 Historical and heraldic dictionary of the French nobility, Volume 2, by Dayre de Mailhol - 1895 Armorial history of the nobility of France, by Henri James Gabriel de Milleville - 1845 Indicator of Great Armorial General of France: Volume 1-2, by Louis Paris, Charles d' Hozier - 1865 Armorial of the empire, a genealogy of the imperial dynasty of Bonaparte, ..., by JF Jules Pautet, 1854 The Heraldry of France, (La France héraldique), by Charles Poplimont, 8 volume series
The description of arms, with the arms of princes and lords of France, by Sicile, published 1533-34 |
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BIOGRAPHIES AND GENEALOGIES: Present state of the French nobility in 1866 ..., by Antoine Bachelin-Deflorenne, Louis Paris - 1866 Dictionary of the nobility, containing genealogies, history and chronology of the noble families of France, (Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire et la chronologie des familles nobles de France), by F. Bios, 2nd edition, 1770-1786
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Directory of the nobility, containing genealogies, history & chronology of the noble families of France, … the explanation of their Arms... and the genealogical table history of royal houses of Europe and a record foreign families, the oldest, the noblest and most illustrious, (Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de la France, l'explication de leurs armes et l'état des grandes terres du royaume ... On a joint à ce dictionnaire le tableau généalogique et historique des maisons souveraines de l'Europe et une notice des familles étrangères, les plus anciennes, les plus nobles et les plus illustrés), by Chenaye-Desbois, 3rd edtion, published 1863-1877.
Universal Dictionary of the nobility of France: Volume 2, M-Z, by Jean Baptiste Pierre, Jullien de Courcelles - 1820 Universal Dictionary of the nobility of France: Volume 4, (INDEX) Universal Dictionary of the nobility of France: Volume 5, (INDEX) Universal nobility of France: Volume 19, by Jean Baptiste Pierre, Jullien de Courcelles – 1877 (reprint) Genealogical and heraldic history of the peers of France:…, (Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France:…), by Jean B. Courcelles, published 1822 – 1833
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of the nobility of France and Europe, André
François Joseph Borel d'Hauterive, et.al.,
published 1857 Genealogical and historical archives of the nobility of France: Volumes 1-4, by Louis Lainé, published 1825-1844 Treatise of the nobility, and all its different species, by Gilles André La Roque (sieur de La Lontière) – 1734 Treatise of the nobility, and all its different species, by Gilles André La Roque (sieur de La Lontière) – 1735 Legendary nobility of France: …numbering over six thousand, by Oscar Bessas de la Mégie (comte de.) - 1865 Encyclopedic Dictionary of the nobility of France, Volume 1, by Saint-Allais (Nicolas Viton, M. de) - 1816 Encyclopedic Dictionary of the nobility of France, Volume 2, by Saint-Allais (Nicolas Viton, M. de) - 1816 Genealogical history of the house of France: Volume 1, by Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Louis de Sainte-Marthe - 1619 Genealogical history of the house of France: Volume 2, by Scévole de Sainte-Marthe, Louis de Sainte-Marthe - 1619 Bulletin of the Genealogy and Heraldry Society of France, Volume 1, by Société héraldique et généalogique – 1879 Websites: |
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GEOGRAPHY: A
Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, & Historical of the various
countries, places, and principal natural objects in the world,
by John Ramsay M'Culloch, four volumes,
published 1866
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A Gazetteer of France: Volume 1 (A-F), by Clement Cruttwell, published 1793 A Gazetteer of France: Volume 2, (G-P), by Clement Cruttwell, published 1793 A Gazetteer of France: Volume 3, (Q-Z), by Clement Cruttwell, published 1793 Websites: |
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HISTORY: History of Modern France, 1815-1913: Volume 1, by Emile Bourgeois, published 1919 A History of France, by Victor Duruy, et. al., published 1920, 791 pages History of the Reign of Henry IV: Volume 1, by Martha Walker Freer, published 1860 A History of France: Volume 2, by George William Kitchin, published 1877 A History of France: Volume 3 (1624-1793), by George William Kitchin, published 1903 The Leading Facts of French History, by David Henry Montgomery, published 1917, 337 pages History of France, by Jules Michelet, G. H. Smith, published 1892 The History of the French Revolution: Volume 1, by Adolphe Thiers, Frederic Shoberl, published 1845, 790 pages |
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Domain. Because of the haphazard manner in which the provinces evolved, each had its own sets of feudal traditions, laws, taxation systems, courts, etc., and the system represented an impediment to effective administration of the entire country from Paris. During the early years of the French Revolution, in an attempt to centralize the administration of the whole country, and to remove the influence of the French nobility over the country, the entirety of the Province system was abolished and replaced by the system of départements, which is still in use today. |
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Heraldry of the Nobles of Poitou, France, by R. Albert – 1889 Armorial General of Alsace, by A. Aubry, published 1861 Heraldic archives of Evreux, Normandy, by Robert Auguste Louis Avril (vicomte de Burey) - 1890 Armorial of noblesse du Périgord, Volume 1, Alfred de Froidefond de Boulazac - 1891 Armorial of noblesse du Périgord, Volume 2, Alfred de Froidefond de Boulazac Armorial Toulouse: General armorial of noble families Toulousain Country, Volume 1, by Alphonse Brémond – 1869 Armorial Le Breton, 1201-1500, by Hector Le Breton, Sieur de la Doinneterie" herald of France, editor. Armorial cities and corporations of Normandy, by Alfred Canel, published 1863, 446 pages The white cross of Savoy, by Domenico Carutti (barone di Cantogno) - 1882 The arms of the city of Paris: seals, emblems, colors, currency,…, Volume 2, by comte Anatole de Coëtlogon, - 1875 Employers … before 1789 in Marseille: their arms and those of communanteś…, by Colombière - 1863 Nobility and armorial Brittany: Volume 1, by Pol Louis Potier de Courcy (Brittany) Nobility and armorial Brittany: Volume 2, by Pol Louis Potier de Courcy Heraldic dictionary of Brittany, by Pol Louis Potier de Courcy, published 1895, 388 pages Armorial General of Anjou… Vol.1, Joseph Denais - 1885 Armorial General of Anjou, … Vol.2, Joseph Denais (Anjou) Armorial General of Anjou, … Vol.3, Joseph Denais Ditiers facts and emblazoned (Valenciennes, France), Engherant Le Franc, Augustin Franc̜ois Lacroix - 1856 Armorial of noble families and holders of the monarchy of Savoy, by Alessandro Franchi-Verney - 1873 The flags in the Strasbourg militia. 17th century - by Joseph Gény - 1902 Armorial du-Poitou noble status … a list of names of major municipal families…, by Alexandre Gouget - 1866 (Poitou) Armorial General of France: Flanders, Hainaut, Cambrésis, by Borel d'Hauterive - 1856 Armorial General of France: Picardy, by Borel d'Hauterive, published 1856 Notes to serve an armorial of the bishops of Soissons, by comte Alexandre Charles Arthur Marsy - 1866 Armorial history of Bresse, Bugey, Dombes, Pays de Gex, Valromay & Franc-Lyonnais…Vol. 1, by du Mesnil, 1872 Armorial history of Bresse, Bugey, Dombes, Pays de Gex, Valromay & Franc-Lyonnais…Vol. 2, by du Mesnil, 1872 General armorial: nobility of Lorraine and Barrois, by Ambrose Pelletier, published, 1758 Historical and archaeological armorial of Nivernais, Volume 1, by Georges comte de Soultrait, et.al., - 1879 Historical and archaeological armorial of Nivernais, Volume 2, by Georges comte de Soultrait, et.al., (Nivernais) Armorial of the city of Toulon consular families, naval officers, nobility and bourgeoisie, by Octave Teissier - 1900 |
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BIOGRAPHIES AND GENEALOGIES: Nobility to the states of Burgundy 1350-1789, by Henri Beaune, Jules D'Arbaumont - 1864 Nobility of Auvergne, France: Volume 2, by Jean-Baptiste Bouillet,1847 Nobility of Auvergne, France: Volume 3, by Jean-Baptiste Bouillet,1848 Nobility of Auvergne, France: Volume 5, by Jean-Baptiste Bouillet,1973 Toulouse nobility: general inventory audit of nobility and dignity of nobility, Volume 1, by Alphonse Brémond - 1863 Toulouse nobility: general inventory audit of nobility and dignity of nobility, Volume 2, by Alphonse Brémond – 1863 Indicator of nobility … Imperial Court of Toulouse in 1868, by Alphonse Brémond - 1868 Family history of the Country the Netherlands, or history of Cambray, and Cambresis…, by Jean le Carpentier – 1664 Nobility of Saint-Mihiel: Volume 1, by Dumont (juge.), 1864 Nobility of Saint-Mihiel: Volume 2, by Dumont (juge.), 1865 Valenciennes, marriage of nobles and bourgeois to the Brotherhood of Damoiseaux (XV century), by Franc, 1856 Supplement to the nobility of the Netherlands and the County of Burgundy,1420-1555, by Jean Jacobs, 1861, Armorial General of Brittany, survey of various reformations of the nobility ..., by L. Briant de Laubrière - 1844 The noblility of Alsace followed the book patrician Strasbourg, by Ernest Lehr - 1870 Notes to serve a noble Montpellier, by Charles Jean Marie (baron de Tourtoulon) - 1856 (Montpellier) Nobility of Guyenne and Gascogne: review of ennobled families prior to 1789, (Nobiliaire de Guienne et de Gascogne, revue des familles d'ancienne ...), by Henri Gabriel O'Gilvy, Pierre Jules de Bourrousse de Laffore. Collection of genealogies Lille, Volume 1, by Paul Denis du Péage (Lille) Collection of genealogies Lille, Volume 2, by Paul Denis du Péage - 1907 Collection of genealogies Lille, Volume 3, by Paul Denis du Péage Collection of genealogies Lille, Volume 4, by Paul Denis du Péage Nobility of the Netherlands, and the County of Burgundy; Volume 5, Vegiano (Seigneur d'Hovel.) – 1862 Nobility of the Netherlands, and the County of Burgundy; Volume 11, Vegiano (Seigneur d'Hovel.) – 1861 Supplement to Nobility of the Netherlands, and the County of Burgundy, Vegiano (Seigneur d'Hovel.) – 1862 |
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HISTORY: History of arts and crafts communities of Auvergne…before 1789, by Jean Baptiste Boullet - 1857 The Protestant Reformation in France: Or History of the Huguenots, by Anne Marsh-Caldwell, published 1847 |
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