Pictave Heraldry Association
ACTIVITES
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Develop Heraldry :
  For companies, communities and families we can create or help to create coats of arms respecting the rules of heraldry; with crests, style, shields, back-grounds or supports, badges, mottos, symbols & banners all with an accompanying explanatory key.
 

Understanding Heraldry :

  Offering a public resource centre to all people, receiving individuals with a particular interest in heraldry.
 
 Consisting of :
  • Books on heraldry, sigillographie, les ex-libres, bibliography
• A background on the order of Malta, the Orleans family, Madame de Maintenon
• Documents, magazines and heraldry archives, sigillography
 

The transmission of knowledge through a magazine :

  "Le Role d'Armes de Poitou" is the essential organ of the Pictave heraldry association and consists of three annual bulletins, a volume of approximately 140 pages. Studies and articles are not just the doing of historians; the role of "Role d'Armes de Poitou" is open to all, who through their research have information on heraldry, sigillography, or genealogy of notable families.

Other Activities :
• The publication of documents covering the genealogy of the French bourgeoisie and the "grande et petite noblesse"
 

Certain revues are entirely devoted to a complete study of a certain theme. These are the special editions and along with the bulletins can be sold individually.

 

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