Abstract
Every European country now has some distinctive heraldic conventions and traditions embodied in the designs and artistic representations of the emblems forming part of its national corpus. This paper deals with these matters in the period from independence in 1991 to the recent change of name in 2019. It deals with the successive designs proposed for the emblem of the state itself, some of which conformed to international heraldic conventions closely enough to be called “arms” or “coats of arms”, not including the emblem adopted in 2009. Special attention is given to the distinctive conventions created for municipal heraldry, including its novel legal framework, as well as those governing personal heraldry developed in the twenty-first century. The paper examines the evolution of heraldic thought and practice in Macedonia in the three decades in question, especially in the context of the Macedonian Heraldic Society and its journal, The Macedonian Herald, and its Register of Arms and the Civic Heraldic System it created.
Highlights
Democratic Federal Macedonia was formed during the first session of the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) on 2 August 1944
The design design of of the new flag of the Macedonia was entrusted to Grchev (Grčev the new flag of the Republic of Macedonia was entrusted to Miroslav Grchev (Grčev 2011)
“(1) The coat of arms of the Republic of Macedonia is a field surrounded by stalks of wheat that connect at the top, intertwined with poppy fruits and tobacco leaves, which are
Summary
Heraldry in the Republic of Macedonia (1991–2019). The Republic of Macedonia became independent from the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia with the Referendum of 8 September 1991. In 1963, the name was changed to the Socialist Republic of Macedonia and during the struggle for independence in 1991, it dropped “Socialist” from its name. In February of 2019, with the Prespa agreement, in a highly controversial process, the name was changed to the Republic of North Macedonia. This paper discusses the processes prior to the name change, so the correct contemporary name is used. The situation with heraldry in Macedonia before 1991 is described by Jonovski (Jonovski 2021a). We will consider the heraldry in the Republic of Macedonia, understood as the multitude of coat of arms, and the armorial knowledge and art
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