Heraldika rakouské židovské šlechty

• Authors: Jan Županič

Title variants

EN

Heraldry of the Austrian Jewish Nobility

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The paper concentrates on a specific chapter of the Austrian heraldry, i.e. heraldry of the Jewish noble families. The coats-of-arms were originally granted to the Jews sporadically. Jakub Bassevi (1578-1635) was the first unbaptized Jew to receive a coat-of-arms and a title in the early 17th century. The Jews had not become ennobled until the 18th century. Their coats-of-arms, however, rarely contained traditional Jewish symbols. In Austria, we can thus encounter only the Star of David, the Ten Commandments and the prayer shawl (tallit).

Keywords

EN

Heraldry; Ennoblement; Jews; Habsburg Monarchy

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Institute of History, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Folia historica Bohemica
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 27
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 329-341

Contributors

author

Jan Županič

• Ústav světových dějin, Filozofická fakulta UK, Náměstí Jana Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1, Czech Republic