by Sergey Levin | Apr 4, 2020 | Article, Research, United Kingdom
This is the third in a series of articles on the history of European orders prepared for us by Sergey Levin, head researcher of the numismatics department of the Moscow State Historical Museum, member of the Heraldic Council under the President of the Russian...
by Catherine Lapinsh | Sep 11, 2019 | Article, Research
Catherine Lapinsh ICOM Kyoto 2019 This article contains abstracts from the presentation made at the ICOMAM meeting on the 3d of September in Kyoto during the general confernece of the International Commettee of Museums The Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood first...
by Kristjan Kaljusaar | Jun 13, 2019 | Denmark, Medieval Livonia, Research
The Order of the Dannebrog – the chivalrous brotherhood dedicated to the royal Danish flag, the “cloth of the Danes” was founded by Christian V, King of Denmark and Norway, in the year 1671, to celebrate the birth of his heir Frederick. In 1693, the fraternity...
by Sergey Levin | Nov 30, 2018 | Research, United Kingdom
The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle The story of the Order of the Thistle, or the Order of St. Andrew, combines the history of Scotland with Scottish and Christian mythology. On June 16, 1687, a London newspaper published a decree issued on May 29 by...
by Kristjan Kaljusaar | Oct 13, 2018 | Medieval Livonia, Research
Tallinn, the home city of our musem, has seen its share of different rulers throughout the ages. Before the declaration of Estonian indepencence a century ago, it witnessed the reigns of the emperors of Russia, and the kings of Sweden and Denmark. But for 215 years...
by Sergey Levin | Aug 31, 2018 | Germany, Research
The Order “De la Générosité” In 1665, Charles Emil of House Hohenzollern (1655–74), a young prince from the Electorate of Brandenburg, founded a chivalric order – the Order of Generosity (Générosité). The founder entrusted the title of the Grand Master upon his...
