In the late Middle Ages in connection with the success of printing and the development of journalism legend pedigrees and genealogical tables have become more effective, weapon in political struggle. They are widely distributed rival factions in the form of printed leaflets, so everyone can judge the rights to the throne of an applicant. So it was in the XVI century in the struggle for separation from Portugal, Spain, when the "Portuguese" the party distributed leaflets with the pedigree of his challenger Don Antonio.
In England, in the twilight of the Board childless Queen Elizabeth I, when the question of succession to the throne, went from hand to hand printed leaflets with restricted genealogies of several contenders, among them the Spanish Infanta and the King James of Scotland. In the second half of the XVI century. When in Spain tougher prosecution of other faiths and non-Russians, genealogical "map" was "played out" in the fight against the oppressors of Moors and Jews. Great response received an anonymous pamphlet, which proved that there is no aristocratic family in the family which would not find those or others.