Year 7 History ‘King of the Castle’ Lesson 5: Why did they have heraldry in the Middle Ages?

1. Year 7 History ‘King of the Castle’Lesson 5: Why did they have heraldry in the Middle Ages? WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes.

2. WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes. How many of these logos can you identify? Starter:

3. Think of your school logo, or the logo of a professional sports team. These logos are so distinctive that you can recognize your school banner or your favourite team simply by their logo. Heraldry is the same kind of thing, but a bit more structured.  People in medieval times used personal and family banners and shields to express their identity and status in society.  Heraldry includes a family motto and a family coat of arms. The actual design of the coat of arms followed a pattern, although each was distinctive.  WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes.

4. The concept of using a coat of arms as a form of identification goes way back to Roman times, and possibly further back than that. In Roman times, a coat of arm was used to identify groups of fighting men within the Roman legion. In the Middle Ages, a distinctive coat of arms was used to identify each noble family. Each item in the design had meaning. WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes. What is this symbol?

5. WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes. As time went on, a family's heraldry was recorded so that no one could copy the pattern or take it for themselves. Today, you can look up a family name and find their family coat of arms in the old records. There is usually a charge for this, but you can do it. The records are there. Once a coat of arms was adopted by a family, the design was placed on shields held by knights of the manor, embroidered on tapestries, and carved in stone throughout the castle or manor house. It was placed on swords and on banners and even burnt into the top of breads on special occasions. A family's heraldry was important. It said, "This is who we are, and we are special." That is heraldry.

6. WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes. Each noble family not only had its own heraldry, each employed a herald. A herald's job was to make sure that the family's heraldry was properly used, displayed, and understood.   The herald was responsible for teaching the sons and knights of the lord to recognize the heraldry of other noble families. In violent times, it was important to be able to quickly recognize friend from foe. The herald also acted as the announcer or the scorekeeper at a joust. He shouted out what was happening, who was winning, and why.

7. WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes. Do you recognise these coats of arms? Do you understand any of the symbols in them? Could you explain them to someone who doesn’t know them?

8. WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes. Heraldry – designing a coat of arms.Now have a go at designing your own coat of arms.It doesn’t have to be a family coat of arms – it can your own personal arms, dependent on your own circumstances and interests.Use the links below and on the next two slides: http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/british_galleries/designa/coat_of_arms/coat_of_arms.html http://www.imaginon.org/fun/whippingboy/createacoatofarms.asp?themeid=2&activityid=8

9. WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes. Symbolism of heraldry Shield shapes http://www.digiserve.com/heraldry/symbols.htm http://www.fleurdelis.com/shields.htm

10. WALT: Understand the importance of heraldry in medieval times. WILF: Level 4: Describe how heraldry was used. Level 5: Explain the reasons why heraldry was used. Level 6: Explain how the use of heraldry developed beyond its original purposes. Plenary activity: Show your coat of arms to another student in your group to see if they can work out what your symbolism tells them about you and your interests. Then swap, and score each other out of 3, 4 or 5. Check the WILFs to see what that means!