![]() The German kings continued use of the single-headed eagle during the 14th century. The first evidence of the use of the double-headed Imperial Eagle dates to the mid-13th century ( Chronica Majora, c. The Imperial Eagle was and is denominated the Reichsadler. 1190.īy the late medieval period, in German heraldry the eagle developed into a symbol of the Holy Roman Empire, and thus became comparatively rare outside of coats of arms derived from the Imperial Eagle. Adalbert I, Duke of Teck used an eagle in his seal in c. The earliest known use of the eagle as a heraldic charge is found in the Great Seal of Leopold IV of Austria, dated 1136. ![]() The Anglo-Norman L'Aigle family, who held Pevensey castle and the Borough of Pevensey used the eagle as an emblem in an instance of canting arms. In early heraldry or proto-heraldry of the 12th century, however, the eagle as a heraldic charge was not necessarily tied to either imperial or biblical symbolism. ![]() It rests on a dual symbolism: On one hand it was seen as a symbol of the Roman Empire (the Roman Eagle had been introduced as the standardised emblem of the Roman legions under consul Gaius Marius in 102 BC) on the other hand, the eagle in early medieval iconography represented Saint John the Evangelist, ultimately based on the tradition of the four living creatures in Ezekiel. In Europe the iconography of the heraldic eagle, as with other heraldic beasts, is inherited from early medieval tradition. ![]()
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