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Record 1 1994-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 1978-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • History (General)
DEF

(in the Middle Ages) an officer who arranged tournaments and other functions, announced challenges, marshalled combatants, etc., and who was later employed also to arrange processions, funerals, etc., and to regulate the use of armorial bearings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire (Généralités)
CONT

Le héraut d'armes du Moyen Âge [...] avait des fonctions multiples [...] Il portait les déclarations de guerre, les sommations, publiait ou signifiait la paix, donnait le signal des combats, vérifiait les titres et les droits nobiliaires des chevaliers.

Spanish

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