Byzantine Monograms vs Western European Coats of Arms - Archaeology Ep 16

Our popular image of the medieval world is dominated by Western European culture: castles, knights, chivalry. There, coats-of-arms came to be important symbols of family, individual, achievement, and status. But a little to the east, another medieval state existed: the Byzantine Empire. How did they display individual, family, and status visually? I explore this question in this video. #archaeology #medieval #medievalhistory #byzantine #byzantineempire #palaiologos #archaeological #history #coatofarms #monogram #crashcourse #heraldry #symbols

00:00 Intro
01:08 Heraldry
02:47 The Byzantine Empire
04:58 Byzantine Monograms
10:24 The Fourth Crusade and the Palaiologan Dynasty
12:43 End

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