He has a PhD in History from the Lusíada University of Lisbon and he is a researcher at the Institute of Medieval Studies at the Nova School of Social and Human Sciences, where he also teaches on the Bachelor’s and Master’s degree courses.
His research focuses on the use of heraldic images as a form of self-representation and social and political communication, from a diachronic perspective from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Age.
He has taken part in several funded research projects and coordinated the project «In the Service of the Crown. The Use of Heraldry in Royal Political Communication in Late Medieval Portugal».
He has more than a hundred publications in the area of heraldry and his latest books include: «Heraldry in Contact: Perspectives and Challenges of a Connective Image Form» (2023), «State-Rooms of Royal and Princely Palaces, 14th-16th Centuries: Spaces, Images, Rituals» (2022), «Devises, lettres, chiffres et couleurs: un code emblématique, 1350-1550» (2022), and «Shields and Castles, Signs of Portugal» (2019) and «Emblems of Portugal» (2024), the last two published by Fundação Francisco Manuel dos Santos.

Last updated: November 2024