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by Jean-Louis Charlet Acknowledgments Introduction Part One

Blason des temps nouveaux. Signes, emblèmes et couleurs dans la France de la Renaissance. Gaule has become the stigma ofDuring the Renaissance as in the Middle Ages, heraldry was present in all places and in all layers of society: it was both a marker of identity and a mirror that reflected mentalities. Combining texts of a wide variety of themes with a large selection of artworks of all techniques, this work aims to shed light on the different forms of use throughout the French 16th century . Coats of arms, mottoes, emblems, numbers and liveries, far from being an