Get information about life in Elizabethan England, the trial of the Earls of Essex, heraldry, and statutes of Elizabethan England among other topics.

On this site explore the knight's Coat of Arms from the Middle Ages and Medieval times including heraldry, the field, ordinaries, and the charge.

Created for the high school student who is taking classes in European history.

In heraldry, the griffin is a fabulous animal, with the head and forefeet of an eagle, and the body, hind legs, and tail of a lion. The head is represented with pricked ears, symbolical of its vigilance. In mythology, the griffin was a...