The Cambridge University Heraldic & Genealogical Society

C.U.H.&G.S. – Reading List

Basic Heraldry

Friar, S. and Ferguson, J., Basic Heraldry, 1993, London: The Herbert Press [ISBN 1-871569-53-2] UL: 494:1.c.95.12 [1993 edition] (North Front, Floor 3); and 1999.9.5365 [1999 edition] (Request and collect from West Room – Not borrowable)

Chapter 1 – The Origins of Heraldry
Chapter 2 – The Age of Chivalry
Chapter 3 – The Wars of the Roses
Chapter 4 – The Heraldry of the Decadence
Chapter 5 – From Stuarts to Windsors
Chapter 6 – The Coat of Arms
Chapter 7 – Common Charges
Chapter 8 – Marshalling and Cadency
Appendix 1 – Further Reading
Appendix 2 – Useful Addresses

With sixteen colour plates.