La specificità del diritto polacco genealogico ed araldico

Abstract

Every European country has its cultural identity shaped by history, and it impresses the signs and symbols, and connects with the sense of national and family pride. Sciences supporting history, and in particular its genealogy and heraldry, meet that universal demands. Both of these fields of knowledge are not only very "spectacular" because of the possibility of creating trees and coats of arms, but also enter perfectly into a worldwide genealogical movement, which appeared in the late 1980s and 1990s of the 20th century, largely due to the invention of the personal computer and the Internet. This revolution in computer science led to quite new ways in the collection, storage and presentation of data on family origins and their coats of arms. In parallel with this phenomenon, a "wave" of new, colorful and popular pubIications concerning genealogical and heraldic issues appeared, which today, stil hold the attention of people interested in testing their "roots".