Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. What Are Medieval Badges? -- 2. How Do We Know About Medieval Badges? -- 3. How Were Badges Made, Designed, and Used? -- 4. What Did Badges Do? -- 5. Badges and Pilgrimage -- 6. Badges and Chivalry -- 7. Badges in the Medieval City -- 8. Badges and Carnival -- Concluding Remarks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary
Mass produced of tin-lead alloys and cheap to purchase, medieval badges were brooch-like objects displaying familiar images. Sumptuously illustrated, Medieval Badges considers all badges, whether they originated in religious or secular contexts, and highlights the ways in which badges could confer meaning and identity on their wearers
