Intro to Heraldry: Part III - Beyond the shield

Part 3 of an introductory series to heraldry. In this video, we look at the parts of a heraldic achievement beyond the shield, such as crests, mantling, supporters, helmets, and the like. We go into how different elements originated, and we even blazon a few armorial achievements from the ground up.

In previous videos we covered the historical origin and purpose of heraldry, we looked at many different kinds of charges, and we got into the nuts-and-bolts regarding how the blazon works. The next video in this series will cover badges, standards, and banners, and how those fit into all this heraldry mumbo-jumbo.

Link to part 1:    • Intro to Heraldry: Part I - What is a...  
Link to part 2:    • Intro to Heraldry: Part II - Tincture...  



Other useful resources on heraldry:

The Wikipedia pages regarding heraldry are quite helpful and in-depth, though of course don't take them as your only source of knowledge.
Here's the main page to get you started. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry
And here's the portal to the whole category: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...

The Heraldry Subreddit is a hivemind of individuals who are quite knowledgeable, and will usually be able to answer any questions you might have regarding heraldry.
  / heraldry  

The SCA maintains a heraldic authority within its ranks, and much of their resources are useful to us as well. Mistholme is particularly valuable--it's an online pictorial dictionary of all sorts of different charges complete with art.
http://mistholme.com/pictorial-dictio...



Music used:
Kings of Tara by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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