Heraldry in Contact

Urte Krass (urte.krass@unibe.ch) is Professor of Early Modern Art History at the University of Bern, Switzerland. Her research focuses on political iconography, the material culture of Christian sainthood, as well as on early modern transcultural negotiation processes via artifacts and images. Miguel Metelo de Seixas (miguelmeteloseixas@fcsh.unl-pt) is a researcher at the Institute for Medieval Studies / NOVA-FCSH and teaches Portuguese Medieval History at the same University. His research focuses on the study of heraldry as an instrument of self-representation and political communication, from a diachronic point of view and privileging transdisciplinary perspectives.